Haliburton scores 32, Pacers hold off Doncic, Mavs, 124-122
By SCHUYLER DIXON
AP Sports Writer
DALLAS (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton scored 32 points and won a duel of birthday boys with Luka Doncic, leading the Indiana Pacers to a 124-122 victory over the Dallas Mavericks. Doncic had 39 points and nine rebounds on his 24th birthday. He fell to 1-4 in games with Kyrie Irving since the superstars were paired in a deal with Brooklyn before the trade deadline. Irving scored 16 points, but his 3-pointer just before the buzzer was the last of five misses in the final two minutes with Dallas trailing by two. The 23-year-old Haliburton was born on Feb. 29. Myles Turner scored 24 points with several big fourth-quarter buckets against his hometown team.