Quentin Grimes scored 20 factors off the bench, 14 within the fourth quarter, main eight Mavericks in double figures as Dallas beat the Los Angeles Clippers 113-97 on Saturday evening regardless of the absence of main scorer Luka Doncic.
Doncic, fifth within the NBA with 28.9 factors per recreation, missed his second straight recreation with a bruised left heel.
Klay Thompson scored 16 factors and Kyrie Irving and Spencer Dinwiddie scored 15 every.
Irving, Dallas’ second-leading scorer with a median of 23.9 factors, missed the earlier recreation with shoulder soreness.
Throughout a stretch halfway by way of the ultimate interval, Grimes scored three straight factors, then was fouled behind the arc on Dallas’ subsequent shot and made all three free throws.
Norman Powell scored 28 factors for the Clippers, who cut up a two-game sequence in Dallas. James Harden and Kevin Porter Jr. every added 19.
The Mavericks outscored the Clippers 31-18 within the second half to guide 54-40 at halftime, outscoring them 47.8% to 22.2%.
Takeaways
Clippers: Ivica Zubac had 13 factors and 15 rebounds for her nineteenth double-double. Harden handed Tim Duncan to maneuver into sixteenth place within the NBA’s profession rankings with 26,503 factors.
Mavericks: Derek Vigorous II had 11 factors and 11 rebounds as Dallas improved to 6-2 with out Doncic.
Key second
Irving was 1 of 10 and 0 of three from 3-point vary earlier than hitting a second-chance 3 with 1:07 left within the first half. From that time on, he shot 5 of 15 with two 3-pointers.
Key statistic
The Mavericks led in bench factors 46-24, led by Grimes, Daniel Gafford with 13 and Naji Marshall with 12.
To be continued
The Clippers will end a three-game highway journey in opposition to the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday evening. The Mavericks will host the Portland Path Blazers in recreation three of a four-game homestand.
