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 Mavericks' humiliation by the Cavs after trading Luka Doncic might have shifted things leading up to the trade deadline.

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,

The Dallas Mavericks, rocked by the sudden trade of superstar Luka Doncic and wracked by injuries, were blown out 144-101 by the NBA-leading Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday.On a day when the Doncic-Davis trade had the NBA buzzing,

The Cleveland Cavaliers torched the Dallas Mavericks for 50 points in the first quarter of the first game after Luka Doncic was traded.

The Dallas Mavericks are beaten 144-101 by the Cleveland Cavaliers just hours after Luka Doncic's shock trade to the Los Angeles Lakers.

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 win on Sunday over Dallas just hours after the Mavericks traded superstar Luka Doncic to the Lakers for Anthony Davis.