Seven Mavericks out with injury. No starter taller than 6-8, three of them with a combined six games started as Mavericks. One of them, Kessler Edwards, on a two-way contract. Still, the Mighty Mite Mavericks galvanized to pull out a 111-107 victory over Golden State Wednesday night in American Airlines Center behind 42 points from Kyrie Irving,

Jimmy Butler didn’t solve all the Warriors’ problems, after all. After winning the first two games of the Butler era, the Warriors dropped one of their worst losses of the season. In Dallas, in front of a crowd still reeling from the Luka Doncic trade aftershocks,

Kyrie Irving carried the Mavs, finishing with 42 points on 15/25 FG shooting and 7/10 from three. Klay Thompson (17 points, 7 rebounds, 5/14 3PT), Max Christie (17 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists), Brandon Williams (12 points, 4/6 shooting), and Naji Marshall (10 points) were also in double figures.