Last season’s NBA finalists the Dallas Mavericks are all set to face Indiana Pacers in their seventh game of the NBA 2024-25 regular season. Dallas Mavericks enter into the competition high on confidence having dismantled Orlando Magic 108-85 in their match last night. 

Entering into the match against Indiana Pacers, there’s uncertainty over whether Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic will play the game or not. 

Luka Doncic injury report 

Luka Doncic and Dallas Mavericks will be facing the Indiana Pacers on the second night of a back to back at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. 

Luka Doncic had missed the entire pre-season for the Dallas Mavericks due to a knee injury but the Mavericks fans would be pleased to hear that their star player is fit and available for the match against the Pacers. 

Doncic only featured for 31 minutes in Mavericks previous encounter against the Orlando Magic but in thosre 31 minutes Doncic scored 32 points to seal Mavs fourth win of the season.  

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Doncic powers Mavs to overwhelming win

 Luka Doncic had 32 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, Daniel Gafford scored a season-high 18 points, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Orlando Magic 108-85 on Sunday night.

The defending Western Conference champions outscored the Magic 30-9 in the first 9:30 of the second quarter en route to a 65-40 halftime lead. Dallas’ largest lead was 33 points.

Orlando played its second game without Paolo Banchero, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 draft and 2023 Rookie of the Year, who suffered a torn right oblique last Wednesday.

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Another Magic starter, Wendell Carter Jr., was limited to nine first-half minutes, six points and a rebound because of a strain of his left plantar fascia.

Franz Wagner led the Magic with 13 points, and Orlando scored well below its average of 111.7 points per game.

Kyrie Irving had 17 points, and Dereck Lively II had 11 points and 11 rebounds off Dallas’ bench.

(With PTI Inputs)