Minus superstars Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, Dallas have fallen under .500 following a 104-88 blowout at dwelling to Western Conference rivals Memphis.
As the race for the NBA playoffs enters the house stretch, Australian Josh Green began and did his greatest to fill the void on Monday night time.
The 22-year-old had 11 factors within the first half on 5-of-8 taking pictures because the Mavericks took a 50-49 lead into halftime.
But an 11-0 run to start out the second half noticed the Grizzlies, nonetheless with out their very own celebrity in Ja Morant, by no means once more headed and occurring to enhance their file to 41-26.
Green completed with 23 factors, 5 rebounds and 7 assists simply two days after his 21-point, 10-rebound double-double within the 112-108 loss to the identical opposition in Tennessee.
Doncic and Irving sat out a second consecutive sport in opposition to Memphis, Doncic coping with a left thigh pressure and Irving a sore proper foot.
Jaden Hardy had a game-high 29 factors for Dallas, who dropped to 34-35 for eighth within the West and hanging on to a play-in spot.
Desmond Bane top-scored for the second-ranked Grizzlies with 23 factors and rookie David Roddy had 19.
Elsewhere, Detroit beat Indiana 117-97, Minnesota thumped Atlanta 136-115 and Miami got here dwelling robust to defeat Utah 119-115.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
