The Dallas Mavericks hosted the Indiana Pacers on Monday night, the second night of a back-to-back for the Mavs.

Despite it being a back-to-back, Kyrie Irving was in the lineup. He only played 28 minutes in Sunday's blowout of the Brooklyn Nets, and it's a good thing he was, because he was lights-out in the first half.

He had to be, as the Pacers weren't missing much on the offensive end early, especially Pascal Siakam. Indiana was shooting so well in the first half that the Mavericks ended up going zone. It didn't really work, even if they didn't have Tyrese Haliburton.

The Pacers were 9/16 from three in the first half, led by Pascal Siakam, who started 5/5 and had 26 points.…