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Barnes scored 22, leads Mavericks past Bulls 103-98
By ROBBIE WEINSTEIN
Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) --- Harrison Barnes scored a season-high 23 points and the Dallas
Mavericks overcame a sluggish performance by prized rookie Luka Doncic to beat
the Chicago Bulls 103-98 Monday night.
Doncic, the leading scorers among NBA rookies, shot 3 for 12 and finished with
11 points as Dallas won for the third time in four games after a six-game skid.
J.J. Barea added 14 points, five rebounds and five assists.
Zach LaVine led Chicago with 26 points. Jabari Parker scored all but two of his
16 points in the second half.
Chicago came up just short on a night when the Mavericks threatened to break
the game open several times. It was 87-84 midway through the fourth quarter
when Dennis Smith Jr. hit a jumper and Barnes made two free throws to stretch
the lead to seven points. Doncic hit a 3 with just over three minutes left to
make it 96-88. After the Bulls cut their deficit to four points, Barnes made
two free throws with 10.5 seconds left and the Mavericks hung on.
TIP-INS
Mavericks: Dallas Mavericks guard Wesley Matthews missed Monday's game because
of a strained left hamstring. Matthews did not travel to Chicago. He played 31
minutes in a win over Oklahoma City on Saturday. Coach Rick Carlisle says the
Mavericks hope he can play Wednesday, when the Mavericks host Utah. ...
Lincolnshire, Illinois, native Jalen Brunson scored two points in his first NBA
game in Chicago. ... Carlisle said the Mavericks would have drafted Wendell
Carter Jr. with the fifth overall pick this year had they not traded up to get
Doncic at No. 3. Carter went to the Bulls at No. 7. "I see him as another
coming of an Al Horford-type player," Carlisle said. ... Barnes' 22 points were
a season-high.
Bulls: The Bulls expect F Lauri Markkanen to miss more time than they initially
anticipated because of a left elbow injury he suffered in the preseason. Coach
Fred Hoiberg said Markkanen will likely wind up missing nine to 11 weeks. The
Bulls initially thought he would be out six to eight weeks after he was hurt in
practice in late September. Hoiberg said Markkanen still is experiencing some
pain and is not shooting from long range. ... Hoiberg said G Kris Dunn
(sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee) has not started running
on the court. He was hurt at Dallas on Oct. 22. ... G Ryan Arcidiacono scored
nine points in his first professional matchup with Brunson, his teammate at
Villanova.
UP NEXT
Mavericks: Host Utah on Wednesday.
Bulls: Visit Boston on Wednesday.
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