It wasn’t always pretty, but the Mavericks came away with a 93-83 victory against the Heat on New Year’s Day. After Wednesday’s effort against the Hornets, just notching a win is something to be excited about. The Mavericks improved to 2-3 on the year.
Luka Doncic led the way with 27 points for Dallas, while Bam Adebayo put up a team high 19 for Miami. Here are four interesting stats from the game.
One: The number of assists Doncic needs to reach 1,000 for his career.
Doncic ended the night with seven assists, leaving him one shy of 1,000 for his young career.