Trey Burke scored 29 points (21 on 7 3-pointers), and the Dallas Mavericks went on an 18-2 run in the third quarter to beat the Orlando Magic 112-98.
The Magic went on a 21-5 run to lead 65-59 with 7:07 left in the third quarter. Tim Hardaway Jr.’s step-back 3-pointer put the Mavericks ahead for good with 4:11 left in the quarter. He scored 12 points during the run, and they led 77-67 with 2:05 left in the quarter and by as many as 16 in the fourth quarter.
Hardaway scored 36 points on 12 for 20 shooting, and Luka Dončić added 20 points (8 in the first quarter), 10 rebounds and 10 assists, his 27th career triple-double. The Mavericks had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Magic, Nikola Vučević had 30 points and 15 rebounds, and Aaron Gordon went 1 for 7 from 3.
The Mavericks shot 49.4% from the field and 50.0% from 3 to the Magic’s 42.7% and 19.4%. The Mavericks made 20 3-pointers, 8 of them by Hardaway and 7 by Burke. The Magic outscored the Mavericks 52-30 in the paint. The Mavericks outscored the Magic 31-17 in 9 minutes with Johnson, Hardaway, Burke, Powell and Iwundu on the floor together.