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The Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Dallas Mavericks 108-94 tonight at the American Airlines Center. The Grizzlies were coming off a win over the Utah Jazz after breaking a four-game losing streak.

The issue for the Mavs tonight was the absence of Luka Doncic. Luka did not play tonight, but not due to that nagging wrist injury; instead, he welcomed his first child today.

Luka ranks third in the NBA for points per game at 31, which is tough to replace when he is gone. The Mavs looked to Kyrie Irving to step up today, but it was not his night. Kyrie only had 10 points. The offensive leader tonight was Grant Williams with 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 assists.

The Dallas Mavericks look to bounce back tomorrow when they take on the Thunder at 8:00 p.m. at the American Airlines Center.

Transcript
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00:04 >> The Memphis Grizzlies defeated
00:05 the Dallas Mavericks 118 to here in
00:07 the American Airlines Center.
00:09 And the issue tonight was offensive
00:10 production with Luca being ruled out.
00:12 The offense really wasn't clicking
00:14 today.
00:14 Now, before the game head coach Jason
00:16 Kidd said that they were gonna look
00:18 for Kyrie Irving to have a little bit
00:19 more production today and take on
00:20 more of a leadership role.
00:22 But he struggled to do so,
00:23 only registering 10 points.
00:25 >> Next man up didn't quite work
00:27 tonight, but we're gonna learn from
00:30 that.
00:31 It was a young group out there.
00:32 Give credit to Memphis,
00:35 they played hard.
00:36 >> Leading the match was
00:37 Grant Williams with 16 points,
00:38 three assists, and eight rebounds.
00:41 Head coach Jason Kidd said post-game
00:42 that he blames himself for
00:44 Kyrie's performance.
00:45 He said he didn't do a good enough job
00:46 getting him the ball off the face guard.
00:48 The Mavs look to rebound tomorrow
00:50 night when they take on the Thunder
00:51 at 8 PM.
00:52 For all things Dallas Mavericks,
00:54 tune into Spectrum Cable Channel 15
00:55 every Wednesday and
00:56 Thursday night at 11.
00:57 In the American Airlines Center
00:59 reporting for D210 Sports,
01:00 I'm Morgan Alexander and
01:01 you have just been credentialed.
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