In a fun, back-and-fourth Sunday matinee, the Dallas Mavericks came up just short of the Phoenix Suns, 130-126. Neither team backed down, and the animosity generated from a 7-game playoff series last season is still very much intact, as seen by the chest-bumping Luka Doncic and Devin Booker engaged in at the end of the game, drawing a double technical.
It was the last time these teams will see each other in the regular season, but if it happens they match up again in the playoffs, hold on to your butts.
34: First-half bench points for Dallas
On the season, the Dallas bench has produced 34.