Even though the Mavericks didn’t have a healthy center, the Warriors (27-27) couldn’t hit a shot at the rim, going 31-for-58 (53.4%) in the paint and played matador defense on the perimeter. Kyrie Irving put his depleted team on his back with 42 points on 15-for-25 shooting, feasting on overmatched defenders all night.

After trading away face-of-the-franchise Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, the vibes in Dallas have been rough. Fans have protested general manager Nico Harrison over the trade, and been ejected from games after publicly calling for his firing.

Don't look now, but the Dallas Mavericks are two last-second shots from having won six straight games in the post-Luka Doncic era. They lost to the 76ers when Naji Marshall's potential winning layup fell off the side of the rim and to the Kings when DeMar DeRozan stepped through a double team on the baseline for a game-winner with two seconds left.