Jaden Hardy gave the Mavericks seven points down the stretch of the third, but a dunk by Ty Jerome gave the Cavs a 119-75 lead by the end of the quarter. Dallas was shooting 37.8% from the floor to this point compared to Cleveland's 64.3%.

The Cavaliers ran up the score on the undermanned Mavericks. Cleveland scored 91 points — matching the third most in a first half in NBA history — on Sunday while opening a 45-point lead on Dallas, which was playing its first game since trading superstar Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Whatcha gonna do when the Cavaliers run wild on you? With bronzed WWE legend Hulk Hogan sitting courtside in a sleeveless t shirt and red signature bandana, Cleveland clobbered the woefully undermanned Dallas Mavericks,

With their 50 first-quarter points, the Cavs set franchise history on Sunday against the Dallas Mavericks for most points scored in a single quarter.

Evan Mobley scored 22 points and Cleveland set a franchise record with 91 in the first half as the Cavaliers romped to a 144-101 romp over Dallas just hours after the Mavericks traded superstar Luka Doncic to the Lakers.

Random dribbles from the Cavaliers’ 144-101 home rout of what’s left of the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. … 1. If you ever wondered what it might look like if an NBA team played a G League team, well, this should give you a pretty good idea.

The Cavs became the first team to face the Dallas Mavericks after the Mavs traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. Here's how the game unfolded.

The Cleveland Cavaliers bludgeoned the Dallas Mavericks 144-101 behind a franchise-record 27 three-pointers in what was a blowout from essentially tip-off on. Sam Merrill scored a team-high 27 points on nine three-pointers and Evan Mobley added 22 points and 11 rebounds.