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Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 16 points and Jalen Brunson contributed
15 points, nine assists and a career-best five steals for
Dallas, which won for the seventh time in its past eight games.
The Mavericks outscored Memphis 62-30 in the second half.
Marquese Chriss also scored 15 points, Dwight Powell and Dorian
Finney-Smith added 13 apiece and Reggie Bullock recorded 10
points and nine rebounds for the Mavericks.
Ja Morant posted 19 points and eight assists and Desmond Bane
scored 16 points as Memphis lost for the first time since
falling 113-104 to the Golden State Warriors on Dec. 23. Kyle
Anderson added 12 points.
Doncic achieved his fourth triple-double of the season with a
splendid behind-the-back bounce pass to Powell, who laid it in
to make it 99-79 with 5:58 left in the game.
Doncic departed at that point and Dallas scored the next 11
points to cap a 17-0 burst and increase the advantage to 110-79
with 2:15 remaining.
Jarrett Culver's follow hoop with 1:41 left ended the Grizzlies'
scoring drought at 6:04.
The Mavericks were without Kristaps Porzingis (COVID-19
protocol) for the seventh straight game.
Dallas shot 51.6 percent from the field, including 8 of 32 from
3-point range. The Mavericks had a 52-41 edge on the boards.
Memphis hit 38.2 percent of its shots and was 7 of 31 from
behind the arc. The Grizzlies were 13 of 43 (30.2 percent) from
the field in the second half.
Dallas outscored the Grizzlies 34-18 in the third quarter to
turn a five-point halftime deficit into an 84-73 lead.
Memphis led 62-54 after Brandon Clarke's basket with 10 minutes
left in the period before the Mavericks tallied the next nine
points, taking the lead on Doncic's basket with 7:37 remaining.
Anderson connected on a 3-pointer to pull the Grizzlies within
79-73 with 1:33 to play.
Doncic responded by scoring the final five points of the third
quarter and the first four of the final stanza to give the
Mavericks a 15-point lead. Hardaway capped the 12-0 burst with a
3-pointer to make it 91-73 with 9:58 remaining in the contest.
Morant outscored Doncic 15-9 in the first half as the Grizzlies
held a 55-50 lead at the break.
--Field Level Media
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