DALLAS -- Once again, the Mavericks failed to finish with their pair of All-Stars on the floor together.
On this occasion, Kyrie Irving missed a contested step-back 3-pointer on the final possession of a 124-122 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night. It marked the fourth time in five games that Irving has played alongside Luka Doncic that the Mavs lost, with all of the defeats coming by a one-possession margin -- far from the boost Dallas hoped to get when it made the blockbuster deal with the Brooklyn Nets to acquire Irving.