Marc Stein I reported earlier this season telling in an interview with me that Mark Cuban does not have the amount of operational control as he anticipated This was Nico and the front office and it was their determination that it is better to build around an Anthony Davis and Kyrie Irving duo

Timoth Luwawu-Cabarrot hits the stepback 3 under duress to tie his season high

Anthony Davis gets called for an unsportsmanlike flagrant foul for excessive contact on the post up

Marcus Smart with a touch-pass steal to Jaylen Brown for the and-1 late in the fourth

Kyrie Irving shows some nasty ball handling and shoots deep three