Luka Doncic was visibly upset in the locker room following the Mavericks’ 112-109 loss to the Pacers Sunday night, a game where Doncic was fouled hard multiple times. He was seen complaining to referees throughout the game after taking multiple blows to the face.

“They hit me in the face, and that should be a foul,” Doncic said. “They should look at it. I think the rule is when you get hit in the face, they’ve got to look if it’s flagrant or no, right? Like I said, I was hit in the face three times. Two of them was not a foul.”

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Doncic finished with 36 points, ten rebounds and eight assists in the loss and took a knee in the jaw from Pacers’ guard Edmund Sumner after a pump fake outside the three point line in the second quarter, a play that should have been reviewed. In the fourth quarter, Victor Oladipo appeared to hit Doncic in the mouth unintentionally causing his mouth to bleed as he laid on the court in dismay.  As he he was hit, Doncic passed the ball to Courtney Lee who failed to convert a three-pointer. Oladipo then controlled the possession for the Pacers and was subsequently sent to the free line as the Mavericks were a man down and needed to foul to stop the Pacers from getting an easy basket. Oladipo’s two free throws gave the Pacers a three-point lead with 13 seconds remaining and Doncic could not convert two three point attempts in the final seconds to tie the game.

Doncic was seen screaming at referee Tyler Ford following the no-call. “He can’t f—ing hit me in the mouth!” Doncic yelled at Ford.

In the locker room aftewards, Doncic later added, “They didn’t care. It was clear. Everybody saw on the Jumbotron.” Mavericks’ guard Tim Hardaway stepped in between Ford and Doncic to keep the situation under control.

“We’re lucky he didn’t get a tech,” said Hardaway, who finished with 30 points. “I just tried my best to stay in between him and the ref. Thankfully, he walked away, and we moved on.” The 21-year-old was seen staring down officials as he walked to the locker room.

Yes, there were missed calls in the game, but a big reason the Mavericks lost was their ineffectiveness in the fourth quarter. They failed to score a basket in the final 4 minutes and forty seconds and their only point was a free throw from Doncic. The team is 39-26, a big improvement from last seaason, but they currently rank 28th in the league in clutch situations, according to ESPN.

“We had some open shots,” Doncic told ESPN. “We just didn’t make them. That’s it. I think it was open shots, maybe some extra passes, but we didn’t make them.”

The Golden State Warriors will host the New York Knicks on Tuesday night to mark the midway point of the season, and here is what you need know.

Warriors To Host Knicks For Halfway Point Of Season

The Dubs (26-14) are second in the Western Conference and are coming off a 127-123 victory over the Kings in Sacramento on Saturday. Golden State has won each of its previous nine games against the Knicks (10-30, 14th in Eastern Conference), including a 128-100 victory in New York on Oct. 26, when Kevin Durant scored 25 points in the final quarter.

The struggling Knicks are coming off a 111-101 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday. New York has lost nine of its last ten games, its only victory being a 119-112 win against the Lakers in Los Angeles on Friday. The Knicks have the NBA’s 24th-ranked offense and 29th-ranked defense, and owner James Dolan recently said in an interview that he would consider selling the franchise.

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At Saturday’s game in Sacramento, the Warriors and Kings set a league record for 3-pointers. Steph Curry leads Golden State in average points scored per game with 29.4, while Draymond Green leads the team in rebounds (7.9) and assists (6.7). Tim Hardaway Jr. leads the Knicks in points scored (20.6).

On Tuesday, the Warriors will be missing DeMarcus Cousins (left Achilles rehab) and Damian Jones (left pectoral surgery) to injuries. Meanwhile, the Knicks will be without Kristaps Porzingis (left knee), Frank Ntilikina (left ankle sprain) and Mitchell Robinson (left ankle sprain).

Should former MVP Durant score 20 or more points Tuesday, he would thus have reached 14 consecutive games with at least that many points.

Tuesday’s game at Oracle Arena will start at 10:30 p.m. EST (7:30 p.m. PST) and will air on NBC Sports Bay Area, NBA TV and MSG.

The 9-23 New York Knicks will take on the 20-12 Philadelphia 76ers at 7:00 p.m. EST in the Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday night.

Knicks To Visit 76ers on Wednesday

Philadelphia is favored by 13 points and the over-under is set at 228. Both teams are in the depths of a losing streak. The Knicks have lost seven of their last eight. Meanwhile, the Sixers have lost three of their last four to Brooklyn, Indiana and San Antonio.  But don’t think that’ll make it any easier for the Knicks. They’ve lost three of their last four on the road. Philly is 4-2 at the Wells Fargo Center in their last six games there.

There definitely are some teams that are better than their records. The Spurs shouldn’t be a game over .500. The Knicks deserve to be 9-23, maybe even worse. At least it’s been a fun team to watch. Tim Hardaway Jr. has led the team most nights in points scored, followed by a combination of Trey Bruke, Allonzo Trier and Enes Kanter.

As fun as Kanter is to follow on Twitter, he hasn’t been a ton of fun to watch on the court. The man can’t defend pick-and-rolls. With J.J. Redick, Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid on the floor, the Sixers are going to run circles around the Turk all night.

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Also, keep in mind the Sixers killed the Knicks the last time they played, 117-91. In the first quarter alone, they dropped 41 points on a lackluster New York defense. Redick got 24 points with 14 in the first quarter, Simmons was only needed for 26 minutes and Embiid had a full game in 30 minutes. He walked away with 26 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists, most of which were courtesy of Kanter. Don’t forget Jimmy Butler is finally meshing with the team and he’s even doing podcasts for his teammates, so expect more out of him than just seven points, four rebounds and two assists.

The Knicks are definitely going to lose this game. But that’s what this season should be. Their best player tore up his knee last year, they’ve got four different point guards that are fighting for playing time, two really good young players in Frank Ntilikina and Kevin Knox to develop, and their first top draft pick in years.

Meanwhile, the 76ers are following Embiid and his Shaq style of playing to the playoffs. Expect them to rest some of their stars later in the game.

After their first home loss this season, the Indiana Pacers (4-3) will travel to the Big Apple on Wednesday night for an Eastern Conference showdown with the New York Knicks (2-5).

NBA east showdown: Pacers Visit Knicks

The Pacers’ two-game winning streak came to an end on Monday night after losing to the Portland Trail Blazers (5-2) 103-93.

Indiana hasn’t outrebounded an opponent since their first game and the task won’t get any easier in New York as the Knicks possess the NBA’s 8th-best rebounder, center Enes Kanter, who is averaging 11.7 boards per game.

“It’s all about bouncing back and trying to recover,” said point guard Darren Collison. “New York is a very good team at their place and we are going there with the mindset of trying to get the ‘W’ — nothing else.”

Free throw has been a source of frustration for the Pacers this year, as they are last in the Eastern Conference (28th in the league) in free throw percentage and dead last in the league in free throw attempts per game.

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“That’s something we have to continue to work at,” Pacers head coach Nate McMillan said after the game. “We’ll see film again tomorrow, we’re still working on establishing ourselves as a team, what works for us as a team.”

Indiana has been able to get a lot of production from its bench, which leads the NBA in assists and is top five in FG percentage, points, and rebound.

The Pacers enter into this contest with no injuries, while the Knicks are without small forwards Kevin Knox (sprained left ankle), Courtney Lee (neck spasms), and their best player Kristaps Porzingis (left knee).

The banged-up Knicks have struggled to pick up wins behind new head coach David Fizdale, but Monday night’s 115-96 blowout over the Nets disenthralled them from a five-game losing streak.

Seven Knicks finished in double-digit scoring Monday night, as the team dominated the glass rebounding 53 shots against the Nets’ 32.

Veteran small forward Tim Hardaway Jr. has been extremely proficient offensively and leads the Knicks with an impressive 24.4 points per game. Hardaway Jr. dropped 25 against Brooklyn and matched his career-high with eight assists.

The game will air on ESPN, FSIN and MSG at 8:00 p.m. EST.

Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 34 points and Kristaps Porzingis added 32 points and 12 rebounds to propel the New York Knicks to their second straight victory on Sunday night, a 114-95 road win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Knicks vs. Cavaliers Game Score

The Cavs (3-4) have now lost three straight games and four of five, while the Knicks (2-3) have rebounded from a rough start.

”Tonight’s loss and the last couple are unacceptable,” said Cleveland coach Tyronn Lue. 

”Guys are scoring at will against us,” said LeBron James, who finished with 16 points. ”Our defense is pretty bad right now.”

Kevin Love led the hosts with 22 points. Derrick Rose returned after missing four games due to a sprained left ankle and contributed 15 points.

 The Knicks — who earned their first win of the season against the Brooklyn Nets on Friday — entered Sunday ranked 28th in the NBA in scoring  (96.8 points per game) but shot 47.2 percent from the field and made 13 of their 28 three-point attempts against Cleveland.

 The Cavs tied it at 49 late in the second quarter, but New York scored seven consecutive points and stretched their lead to 62-54 at halftime.

 The Knicks also went on a 14-0 burst early in the game after Cleveland led 13-10.

Sunday also marked the anniversary of James’ professional debut in 2003 against Sacramento. He finished with 25 points, nine assists and six rebounds that night.

‘I played better 14 years ago than I did tonight,” James said.

Cleveland was missing guard Iman Shumpert because of a sore right knee.

Hardaway was two points short of his career high, which came on March 3 last season  against the Cavs while he played for Atlanta.

The Knicks next host the Denver Nuggets on Monday night, while the Cavaliers host Indiana on Wednesday night.

CLEVELAND, OH – OCTOBER 29: Tim Hardaway Jr. #3 of the New York Knicks looks for a pass while under pressure from JR Smith #5 of the Cleveland Cavaliers during the second half at Quicken Loans Arena on October 29, 2017 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Knicks defeated the Cavaliers 114-95. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)