Antonius Cleveland scored a game-high 22 points as the Dallas Mavericks were able to fend off the Brooklyn Nets en route to a 96-92 win Friday in the team's summer-league opener in Las Vegas, Nev.
Dallas held a 50-39 edge at halftime, but Brooklyn rallied to cut the Mavs' edge to just two points by the end of the third quarter. The Nets managed to take brief three-point lead midway through the 4th quarter, but a two-pointer from Cameron Payne with 3:26 to play broke an 84-48 tie and gave Dallas the lead for good.
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Cleveland averaged 11.