Hot Mavericks beat Bulls with mediocre Doncic but 20 3-pointers

Luka Doncic remained flat with 18 points (only 5/16 shots), 10 assists and 6 turnovers. But that didn’t matter for the Mavericks – without the injured Kyrie Irving – who outscored the Bulls 114-105 thanks to a 10-2 run in the final four minutes.

Grant Williams led Dallas with 25 points on 7/9 three-pointers, while Tim Hardaway added 24 points on 7/13 three-pointers. Dallas finished the game making 20/48 3-pointers, was unfazed by the fact that the score was 54-24 (!) in favor of the Bulls, and is one of two undefeated teams with a 4-0 record in the NBA with the Celtics.

For the Bulls, Zach LaVine had 22 points (but on 7/17 shooting), Nikola Vucevic had 21 points and 20 rebounds and DeMar DeRozan had 16 points on 5/13 shooting.

THE DODECALEPTA: 26-23, 49-50, 81-83, 114-105

outsider: Williams 25 (7/9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Jones 17 (3/9 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Lively 7 (13 rebounds, 6 assists), Doncic 18 (5/16 shots, 1/8 3 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, 6 turnovers), Green 3 (1/5 3 points), Kleber, Hardaway 24 (7/13 3 points), Powell 5, Curry 4, Exum 2, Hardy 9 (1)

BULLS: Williams (0/6 shots), DeRozan 16 (7 assists), Vucevic 21 (1 three-pointer, 20 rebounds), White 10 (4/12 shots, 1/6 three-pointers), LaVine 22 (7/17). Shooting, 5/9 three-pointers), Craig 2 (5 rebounds), Drummond 8, Carter 12 (2), Caruso 6, Dosumnou 8 (2)