Kevin Durant reaches milestone as Suns beat Luka Doncic and Mavs

Kevin Durant scored 31 points and nine rebounds to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 114-102 victory over the visiting Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night.

Durant also became the eighth player in NBA history to reach 29,000 career points. He finished the game with 29,010.

Devin Booker scored 21 points, Jusuf Nurkic had 18 points and 14 rebounds and Ryan Dunn scored 13 points for the Suns.

Luka Doncic was the pacesetter for the Mavericks with 40 points and 10 rebounds. Kyrie Irving scored 22 points and Klay Thompson added 19.

Phoenix shot 45 percent from the field, including 14 of 39 from 3-point range. The Suns played without Bradley Beal (elbow) and Grayson Allen (out due to the birth of his child).

The Mavericks made 39.8 percent of their field goal attempts and finished 13 of 41 from behind the arc. Doncic and Thompson each made five treys.

Dallas trailed by eight at halftime, but started the third quarter strong with a 12-5 lead and got within 68-67 with 9:11 to go.

Phoenix responded with a 15-4 surge capped by Durant's fadeaway jumper with 4:26 left to take the lead to 83-71.

The Suns led 91-80 early in the final quarter before the Mavericks got within six. Dunn and Durant made 3-pointers and Durant added a conventional three-point play to extend the Phoenix lead to 105-90 with 6:44 left.

The 3-pointer pushed Durant's career points total to over 29,000. The 9-0 sequence also upset the Mavericks.

Phoenix made 28 of 37 free throw attempts. Dallas only shot 18, making 15.

Durant scored 15 points and Nurkic added 14, giving the Suns a 63-55 halftime lead. Doncic had 23 at halftime for Dallas.

Doncic had 13 points in the first quarter, but Dallas trailed 28-26 at the end of the quarter.

Phoenix began the second quarter with an 11-2 score and took an 11-point lead. The lead was 48-35 after two free throws from Royce O'Neale just before the halfway point of the quarter.

–Field level media