Dorian Finney-Smith tied his season-high with 14 points. Coincidentally, both his earlier season-high and career-high (17) came against Sacramento.
Notebook
Johnathan Motley got the first start of his career and he responded in a big way, tallying a career-high 14 points and eight rebounds in a whopping 41 minutes. Motley made a name for himself in the G League as a guy who can post up and crash the boards, and he did plenty of that tonight. He also had a couple really nice rolls to the rim which produced some big-time dunks.
Motley has nice touch around the rim and can bust out a bevy of post moves in isolation, but most of his touches within the Mavs’ offense, especially when playing with J.