Luka Doncic, Maverick's loss left Magic exhausted

Luka Doncic scored 32 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in 32 minutes of play and the Dallas Mavericks celebrated a 108-85 victory over the visiting Orlando Magic on Sunday.

Daniel Gafford scored a season-high 18 points, Kyrie Irving added 17 and Dereck Lively II had 11 points and 11 rebounds for Dallas, which led 65-40 at halftime after outscoring the Magic 35-18 in the second quarter.

Dallas continued its momentum in the second half, extending its lead to 82-52 on Doncic's free throw with 6:05 left in the third quarter.

The Mavericks led by as many as 33 points in the fourth quarter, ultimately making 49.4 percent of their shots from the field and hitting 10 of 32 (31.2 percent) from distance.

Orlando lost its third straight game, falling 2-0 without All-Star forward Paolo Banchero, who is out indefinitely with a torn right oblique.

Franz Wagner led the Magic with 13 points, Jett Howard scored 12 and Jalen Suggs and Moritz Wagner each had 10 points.

Orlando shot 33.3 percent from the field and 8 of 41 (19.5 percent) from 3-point range, its lowest point total of the season.

Doncic scored 14 points in the first quarter, helping the Mavericks to a 30-22 lead. Orlando missed seven of its eight 3-point attempts in the opening period.

Dallas began the second quarter with a 10-2 run and was ahead 40-24 with 9:47 left in the first half.

The Magic struggled to contain Doncic, who later scored eight straight points to extend the Mavericks' lead to 55-28 with 4:01 left in the half.

Doncic finished the first half with 25 points on 9 of 15 shooting, including 5 of 10 from long range.

Orlando went 3 of 18 (16.7 percent) from 3-point range in the first half. Magic center Wendell Carter Jr. had six points before leaving the game at halftime with a strained left plantar fascia.

–Field level media