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Cooper Flagg and Kyrie Irving lead Dallas Mavericks against Pacers missing Tyrese Halliburton tonight

PACERS STAR TYRESE HALIBURTON MOVED TO TEARS AFTER LONG-AWAITED RETURN FROM ACHILLES INJURY The Dallas Mavericks are a few more years past their Finals loss, but this team looks significantly different.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 9, 2026, 5:08 PM UTC
Key points
  • The Pacers have lost four of their past five games, but they do have a rest advantage tonight.
  • To be clear, that doesn't mean he is the second-best player in the league, but Flagg has been outstanding in his first season and at the beginning of this year.
  • Dallas has been solid against the bad teams in the league (their losses have been against the Spurs (twice), the Rockets, and once to the Kings).

They traded away Doncic, and while that was one of the most perplexing decisions of all time (and I'm still convinced, orchestrated by the NBA), they did end up with Cooper Flagg who might be the second-best asset in the entire league.

It does appear that Kyrie Irving and Flagg will be available.

Additional details
  • We see Luka go to Atlanta - a place he seems to have a grudge against because they traded him on draft night - and we have two of the best teams in basketball squaring off, with the Nuggets and Rockets taking each other on.
  • In that same series, Tyrese Halliburton tore his Achilles.
  • Look at teams like the Suns from a few years ago, the Mavs from last season, or even look at all the teams that added Chris Paul and the success he brought to them.
  • The last time the two teams played, the Mavs won by 16, and there was a hard foul on Flagg.
  • He missed the entire season, and the Pacers were one of the worst teams in the league.

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