Dallas Mavericks vs Phoenix Suns Full Game Highlights | March 5, 2023 | FreeDawkins

After today, each team with 17 games remaining. Just a handful of weeks away from the start of the postseason. Kyrie pulls up, it's Powell for the slam. Irving and Doncic, you're talking about two guys who have incredible vision. Here's Aiton on the cut, and easy two. Boy, everything seems like it's gonna open up for him. Booker, underrated defender. Getting a contest on Doncic, but it doesn't matter. He drops it in from 20 feet. Booker spotting up for three, hits it. Devin Booker, in year eight. First team All-NBA last year. There's Irving from deep, hits a three. The average 27 per game in 40 games with Brooklyn, of course, was suspended for eight games. Durant banks it in on his first shot attempt of the day. Booker spinning, goes reverse, and banks it in. What a move by Book. Durant blows by his man, great bounce pass. Aiton with the flush, and a timeout by Dallas. And obviously, they get a great player in Kyrie Irving, but giving up Dorian Finney-Smith in that trade as Paul gets the basket. Fight yourself, Brent, fight yourself, Brent. There it is. Doesn't matter, Reggie Bullock. Here's Booker up the floor, driving, and Bullock soaring to the basket. Fresh legs for Booker after missing 25 games. Irving got past him that time, and that's the second basket for Kyrie. Durant trying to take Bullock's spins. Goes up and puts it in over Powell. Phoenix's 11 of 14 shooting early on. Donchich to the corner, Bullock, taking a lot of shots early on. Beats the buzzer with a long two. Holiday, a new member of this Mav team as well. Far away from Dave. Seven seconds to go in the quarter. Booker driving, Durant is open. Pulls the trigger, drills the three. 10 first quarter points on four of four shooting for Durant. I think I was wincing and briefly talked to the trainer and massage therapist during the timeouts in that first quarter. It could be an issue with his left thigh because he had a heating pad on it. Holiday in transition, gets the easy two. Dallas back within three. Justin Holiday was with Atlanta for most of this season. You can now play Chris Paul the first eight minutes of the game, and then the last eight minutes of the half as Irving scores. Durant pulls up and hits again. He's five for five from the floor. Seven points, three assists for Irving in his ninth game as a Maverick. Durant, got another one, a three. He's six for six, 16 points. Hardaway answers, swishing home. What you're liking right now is that the defense of Dallas has stepped up, especially Hardaway has stepped up big. It's a 14-2, now five, run by Dallas, but all 14 points have been scored by the Bay. Another steal by Akogi. He intercepted the pass by Irving. Booker in transition, gets it off the window. Devin Booker with nine. So Doncic back on the floor. Just one for seven, blocked with the finish. Dallas within one, Hardaway driving kick. Now Doncic to the corner, Hardaway wide open. Got another one, his Booker as he's falling down Kansan. How about the area? He was behind the glass. Luka for three, his first triple of the game. 10 points now for Doncic. Booker at a trade, tough angle again, and it drops. Devin Booker now heating up. He's got 13. His last two have really been tough angles. Tim Hardaway Jr., baby, he's been the biggest story of this game. He's got 18 points on five threes. Here's Booker again from mid-range. He's a master from 15 feet. Shot clock at three on the step back. Booker connects again. He scored the last 10 for the Suns. Kyrie Irving, by the way, 9.3 of seven, shooting, driving on his former teammate, scoring, and Durant commits the foul. What a gorgeous play by Kyrie Irving. There's Doncic keeping it, and high off the window and home. Yeah, look out, two on one here. Booker driving, goes at Irving, and puts it in. Durant on the pull-up, good D by Powell, but Okoge soaring to get the put-back jam. Been a tight game throughout. Irving weaving through traffic, again falling back. This one's good. That's what you love about him. Look, he's only six foot one, six foot two. Doncic, defensive foul on Josh Okoge. Count the basket. Booker in traffic, and can't bank it in. Okoge couldn't control it. Booker with the loose ball, puts it up, and scores. Give Okoge a lot of credit. Extra passing by Irving, and Bullock with the payoff three. Now, every single player is different, but this is Kyrie at his best. Once he elevates, he has that ability to change direction in the air. Booker down court. Gets the layup and the foul. Booker with a very smart play. Here's Kyrie Irving, good for three. There's a lot of guys we'd pay to see playing in this game as Doncic is fouled by Booker. Count the basket. Kyrie Irving has 11 points in the second half. Kevin Durant banking it in. He's up to 22 points now on just 10 shots. When you wanna look at Oscars, just look at what he did in his first five years. Just totaled it up 30, 10, and 10 for the first five years. Unbelievable. See, there's the thing. Irving, man, has really got it going now. Dave, he had nothing, he had nothing there. Durant flies to the rim and smashes it. That's his 26th point. He's got the last eight points for the Suns. Doncic off the wrong foot, hung and put it home. Wood trying to hang with Booker, gets into the lane. Finds Corey Craig, and Craig buries a three. Yeah, they've been waiting for that. Wainwright hits a three. First minutes of the game for Ish Wainwright off the bench, and he pulls Phoenix within two. Wainwright, same spot, same resolve. 10-second difference between the game and shot clocks here at the end of the third, with Dallas back up one on the Doncic free throws, but Booker from mid-range, now 30 points on the day. It's not that they may be surprised, your Doncic is 14 for 16 on the foul line. And now Durant with 30. I think that he's getting more space. He's opening up a little bit better. Hardaway, who is brilliant in the first half, hits his first three of the second half, six in all for him. Here's Wood. Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. And gonna call it off, it's a foul. We know they're gonna say defense, count the basket. Here's Durant. Landale underneath, puts it in. Durant with the assist, his second of the game. He's an excellent passer. Wood, meanwhile, has been a great fourth quarter story here for the Mavs. He's got 13 points. Booker went strong at Bullock to clear some space. 32 now for Booker. Wood for three, hit it. Oh, boy, oh, boy. That's big, that's a big one. Paul, wide open, and hit it. Chris Paul with his first three of the game and just his sixth point. Irving into the paint, rejected by Durant. Paul trying to save it, does. Keep an eye on Dallas now. They're 28 for 30 on the foul line. Oh, Irving with a three. Kyrie Irving, 25 points. But now, Dallas, they keep rotating and taking away the Durant pass. Booker with the offensive rebound and the stick back. 34 points now for Booker. Transition game. Gotta make it happen and get out on the open floor. That was a good screen by Aiton and Chris Paul. It was another terrific mid-range score. Gets the Suns within one at the midway point of the fourth. Wainwright gets the bounce and hung on the rim and dropped in. Even he's got a smile on his face. Booker gets deep, layup is good. Booker's got 36. Durant with a shot clock at four. Gives it up to a wide open Paul. Chris Paul has hit a couple of threes here in the fourth quarter. The clock was down, he had to take it, he made it. Out the basket, Doncic, fouled by Booker. And a chance to tie the game. Doncic into the paint, goes up, puts it in off the window. Dallas by two, 32 for Luca. Durant, a three, swishes home. He's got 33 points. Irving, high, up and in. Hardaway stays with Booker. There's Wainwright, again, for a three. That one's good. Luca wants to clear out to take Chris Paul, backing him down. Here comes the double, Doncic, fouled. He's 16 of 18, look at a tie the game, he does. Shot clock at 10 inside, a minute to go. Booker driving on Hardaway, puts up the shot off the glass. Aiton is there, tips it in. Oh boy, here comes your stagger. Doncic penetrates, lob, pow, with the throw down. 26, back to KD with six. Durant driving on Hardaway, pull up jumper. Durant got it, and Phoenix has a two point lead. Here's Luca Doncic, driving, spinning on a Kogi, getting deep, creating space. Missed the shot, Durant gets the rebound. And the Phoenix Suns go to three and oh with Kevin Durant on the floor.