Kyrie Irving scores 20, Mavs win first game after Doncic's injury by beating the Suns 98-89

— Kyrie Irving scored 20 points, Daniel Gafford added 16 and the Dallas Mavericks won their first game since star Luka Doncic was injured, beating the Phoenix Suns 98-89 on Friday night.
Dec 28, 2025, 04:37 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

100%
--DAL
0%
--PHX

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Daniel Gafford misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Bradley Beal misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Daniel Gafford makes 4-foot dunk (Klay Thompson assists)
  • Ryan Dunn makes 8-foot two point shot (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • Kyrie Irving makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Jusuf Nurkic misses 1-foot two point shot
  • P.J. Washington makes 22-foot three point shot (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Jusuf Nurkic misses driving floating jump shot
  • Kyrie Irving makes 27-foot three point step back jumpshot (Naji Marshall assists)
  • Kevin Durant makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • P.J. Washington misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kyrie Irving makes 26-foot three point jumper (Daniel Gafford assists)
  • Bradley Beal makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • Tyus Jones misses 27-foot three point shot
  • Bradley Beal makes 23-foot three pointer (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Daniel Gafford blocks Ryan Dunn's driving dunk
  • Kevin Durant makes 30-foot three point jumper (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Kyrie Irving makes 23-foot three point jumper (Klay Thompson assists)
  • Ryan Dunn misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Ryan Dunn misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kyrie Irving misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Tyus Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ryan Dunn assists)
  • Maxi Kleber makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Kevin Durant makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kyrie Irving misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Quentin Grimes makes layup (Dwight Powell assists)
  • Bradley Beal misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Quentin Grimes misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Tyus Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Naji Marshall misses driving layup
  • Bradley Beal misses two point shot
  • Bradley Beal blocks Quentin Grimes 's 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Spencer Dinwiddie makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Josh Okogie makes 22-foot three point jumper (Royce O'Neale assists)
  • Royce O'Neale misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Dwight Powell blocks Josh Okogie 's 6-foot driving layup
  • Spencer Dinwiddie makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Monte Morris misses two point shot
  • Spencer Dinwiddie misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Durant makes 12-foot two point shot (Monte Morris assists)
  • Klay Thompson misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Josh Okogie makes 25-foot three pointer (Royce O'Neale assists)
  • Spencer Dinwiddie misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Royce O'Neale misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Josh Okogie misses two point shot
  • Bradley Beal misses driving layup
  • Bradley Beal misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Maxi Kleber makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)
  • Josh Okogie misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Daniel Gafford makes alley oop layup (Klay Thompson assists)
  • Kyrie Irving misses two point shot
  • Royce O'Neale misses running pullup jump shot
  • Kyrie Irving misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jusuf Nurkic blocks Daniel Gafford 's 3-foot two point shot
  • Monte Morris misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Daniel Gafford makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (P.J. Washington assists)
  • Bradley Beal misses two point shot
  • Bradley Beal makes tip shot
  • Daniel Gafford makes 3-foot dunk (Klay Thompson assists)
  • Royce O'Neale makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bradley Beal assists)
  • Ryan Dunn makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bradley Beal assists)
  • Ryan Dunn misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Spencer Dinwiddie misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • P.J. Washington misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Maxi Kleber makes 2-foot dunk (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Ryan Dunn blocks P.J. Washington 's 5-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Bradley Beal misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Quentin Grimes misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Durant misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Quentin Grimes makes 22-foot three point shot (P.J. Washington assists)
  • Kevin Durant misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Bradley Beal makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Kyrie Irving misses 5-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tyus Jones blocks Kyrie Irving 's 28-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Maxi Kleber misses 3-foot tip shot
  • Klay Thompson blocks Ryan Dunn 's 6-foot two point shot
  • Klay Thompson makes 21-foot step back jumpshot
  • Kevin Durant makes 12-foot step back jumpshot
  • Kyrie Irving makes 8-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kevin Durant misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Ryan Dunn misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Naji Marshall makes 7-foot pullup jump shot
  • Daniel Gafford blocks Kevin Durant 's 5-foot pullup jump shot
  • Naji Marshall makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Tyus Jones misses two point shot
  • Kevin Durant misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Jusuf Nurkic misses 1-foot tip shot
  • Daniel Gafford misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Klay Thompson misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kyrie Irving misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Jusuf Nurkic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tyus Jones assists)
  • P.J. Washington makes three point jumper (Naji Marshall assists)
  • Kyrie Irving misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Klay Thompson misses running pullup jump shot
  • Bradley Beal misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kyrie Irving misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kevin Durant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Quentin Grimes misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Bradley Beal misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Mason Plumlee makes 7-foot layup (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Tyus Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Durant makes 1-foot driving dunk (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Spencer Dinwiddie misses two point shot
  • Kevin Durant misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Spencer Dinwiddie makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Bradley Beal misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kevin Durant misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Mason Plumlee misses 1-foot tip shot
  • Royce O'Neale blocks Kyrie Irving 's 8-foot two point shot
  • Quentin Grimes misses driving layup
  • Monte Morris misses driving floating jump shot
  • Kyrie Irving makes 25-foot three point shot (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)
  • Royce O'Neale makes 31-foot three point jumper (Bradley Beal assists)
  • Maxi Kleber misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Durant misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Daniel Gafford misses layup
  • Spencer Dinwiddie misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kevin Durant makes 8-foot pullup jump shot
  • Josh Okogie blocks Kyrie Irving 's 10-foot driving layup
  • Oso Ighodaro makes 3-foot dunk (Josh Okogie assists)
  • Spencer Dinwiddie makes driving layup
  • Josh Okogie misses two point shot
  • Kyrie Irving misses 18-foot jump bank shot
  • Spencer Dinwiddie blocks Monte Morris 's 24-foot three point jumper
  • Klay Thompson makes 26-foot three pointer (Dwight Powell assists)
  • Royce O'Neale misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Spencer Dinwiddie misses driving layup
  • Royce O'Neale makes two point shot (Oso Ighodaro assists)
  • Klay Thompson makes 23-foot pullup jump shot (Dwight Powell assists)
  • Bradley Beal makes driving layup
  • Spencer Dinwiddie makes 12-foot two point shot
  • Oso Ighodaro makes 12-foot two point shot (Bradley Beal assists)
  • Olivier-Maxence Prosper misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Olivier-Maxence Prosper makes two point shot
  • Bradley Beal misses running pullup jump shot
  • Josh Okogie makes dunk
  • Kyrie Irving misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kyrie Irving misses 18-foot jumper
  • Josh Okogie misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kyrie Irving misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
  • Bradley Beal misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Spencer Dinwiddie misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Royce O'Neale makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mason Plumlee assists)
  • Quentin Grimes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Maxi Kleber assists)
  • Royce O'Neale misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Daniel Gafford makes 6-foot dunk (Quentin Grimes assists)
  • Klay Thompson misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Maxi Kleber makes driving floating jump shot (Klay Thompson assists)
  • Kevin Durant makes 12-foot two point shot (Royce O'Neale assists)
  • Klay Thompson misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Royce O'Neale makes 24-foot three point jumper
  • Royce O'Neale blocks Quentin Grimes 's 19-foot step back jumpshot
  • Klay Thompson makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kevin Durant makes driving layup (Royce O'Neale assists)
  • Bradley Beal misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Daniel Gafford makes 5-foot dunk (Maxi Kleber assists)
  • Daniel Gafford makes 2-foot dunk (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)
  • Josh Okogie misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Durant makes 22-foot three point jumper (Mason Plumlee assists)
  • Maxi Kleber makes 4-foot dunk (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Damion Lee makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Monte Morris assists)
  • Jaden Hardy misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Damion Lee misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
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