The Phoenix Suns (15-15) were handed a 98-89 loss by the Dallas Mavericks (20-11) at the Footprint Center on Friday.

The Dallas Mavericks played the Phoenix Suns on the first night of a road back-to-back on Friday night, playing without Luka ...

The third-quarter fight during the Phoenix Suns' 98-89 home loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Friday led to three ejections.

Phoenix trailed all game and had its biggest ... The Mavericks' Irving had the game-high 15 points and their big Daniel Gafford had 10. The Suns’ shooting tapered off to 3-of-12 overall in ...

The end result was three quick ejections and, because the Mavericks' ejectees outnumbered the Suns, a free throw for the Suns ...

Kyrie Irving scored 20 points, Daniel Gafford added 16 and the Dallas Mavericks won their first game since star Luka Doncic ...

Tensions between the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns escalated quickly ... The fracas began when Nurkić hit Dallas center Daniel Gafford with a hard elbow, drawing an offensive foul.

The Mavericks defeated the Suns 98-89. Dallas improved to 20-11, while Phoenix fell to 15-15. Kyrie Irving led the Mavericks ...

Jason Kidd said prior to tipoff in Phoenix that center Dereck Lively II will be out Friday with a left hip contusion. Lively ...

and Daniel Gafford, while Phoenix went with Tyus Jones, Bradley Beal, Ryan Dunn, Kevin Durant, and Jusuf Nurkic. Devin Booker and Grayson Allen weren't playing for the Suns on Friday night.