The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Orlando Magic on the road Monday night, winning 117-102. Luka Doncic scored 29 to lead Dallas, with Kyrie Irving dishing out 10 assists for the second straight game. Franz Wagner led the Magic in defeat with 22.
With Doncic and Irving both questionable to play on the second game of this back-to-back, this matchup with the Orlando Magic had all the ingredients for a scheduled loss. It was a turn of fortune, then, that both ended up playing against a Magic squad dealing with their own injuries. Perhaps walking into Orlando and leaving with a win has become muscle memory at this point, but this Orlando squad has proven itself to be a tough draw so far this year, and they jumped all over Dallas early in this game.