Never trailing in a game in a game that was not nearly as close as the 121-114 final scores. the mavs got 45 points from their star luka doncic. in the east, the miami heat beat the philadelphia 76ers, 106-92. philly of course played without the injured star joel embiid who will also miss game two tomorrow night. the wnba will honor phoenix mercury center brittney griner for the rest of the season with a floor decal, the decal will feature her initials along with her number 42, and will appear on the home court of all 12 teams. the a. p. reports the league also includes the phoenix paying the griner salary and it will not count against the mercury cap. griner has been detained in russia since mid february on drug charges that could carry a pax mum penalty of ten years in prison. she has a hearing set for may 19th. meanwhile, the sports world has further isolated russia from