After a strong showing against the Magic, the Dallas Mavericks stumbled in a tough matchup with the Pacers, where Bennedict Mathurin played a key role and exchanged words with Luka Doncic at the end of the game in the NBA.

Doncic awoke from his offensive slumber by scoring 25 of his game-high 32 points in the first half, which helped the Mavericks (4-2) cruise to a 108-85 win Sunday over the Magic (3-4), who played without Paolo Banchero.

Luka Doncic had 32 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, Daniel Gafford scored a season-high 18 points, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Orlando Magic 108-85.

The Dallas Mavericks started the first night of a back-to-back at home against the short-handed Orlando Magic, who were playing without their rising star Paolo Banchero. With him out of the lineup, Dallas didn't have many excuses to drop this game and needed a win following their disappointing loss to the Houston Rockets on Halloween night.

Luka Doncic had 32 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in 32 minutes of action and the Dallas Mavericks cruised to a 108-85 victory over the visiting Orlando Magic on Sunday.

Luka Doncic had 32 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, Daniel Gafford scored a season-high 18 points, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Orlando Magic 108-85 on Sunday night. The defending NBA Western Conference champions outscored the Magic 30-9 in the first 9:30 of the second quarter en route to a 65-40 halftime lead.

Doncic started grabbing at his leg during a Mavericks possession and wasn't able to run back down the court on defense. After a Wolves turnover, he made a layup off an outlet pass, but remained on that end of the court and started limping toward the locker room at the next dead ball. Doncic eventually needed assistance leaving the court.