![Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving have combined for 59 points in Dallas's 136-125 NBA win in Toronto. (AP PHOTO) Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving have combined for 59 points in Dallas's 136-125 NBA win in Toronto. (AP PHOTO)](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-data/9632a8ab-b024-4873-b2b7-7748cd3f8b56.jpg/r0_0_800_600_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Luka Doncic has produced a birthday special to help the Dallas Mavericks put aside their heart-breaking buzzer-beating loss to Cleveland with a 136-125 win over Toronto.
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Australians Josh Green (five points, seven rebounds) and Dante Exum (four points, five assists) played handy cameos for Dallas in Wednesday night's match (Thursday AEDT).
But it was Doncic who stole the show on his 25th birthday, the star Slovenian nailing 30 points to go with his 16 assists and 11 rebounds.
It marked Doncic's 11th triple-double of the NBA season.
Dallas trailed by one point at halftime, but a powerful 40-25 third quarter gave them the ascendancy.
Kyrie Irving then scored 15 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter to shut the door on any hopes of a Toronto fightback.
For the Raptors, Immanuel Quickley scored a season-high 28 points, while Scottie Barnes (19 points and 11 rebounds) posted his fifth straight double-double.
The win for Dallas came just a night after Max Strus hit a half-court buzzer-beater for Cleveland to give the Cavaliers a 121-119 win over the Mavericks.
Cleveland suffered a dose of their own heartbreak when they went down to Chicago 132-123 in double overtime.
The Cavaliers led by three points with 13 seconds remaining in the first overtime period, but Chicago's DeMar DeRozan made all three of his free throws to level the scores after being fouled while shooting from long range.
Cleveland's Donovan Mitchell missed a 20-foot jump shot with time expiring, with DeRozan then scoring 11 points in the second overtime period to fire Chicago to victory.
DeRozan finished with 35 points to go with his 10 rebounds, while Andre Drummond had a monster night on the boards with 26 rebounds to go with his 17 points.
Evan Mobley top-scored for Cleveland with 25 points to go with his 13 rebounds, while Darius Garland made a season-high seven three-pointers in his 23-point haul.
The Minnesota Timberwolves (42-17) moved into outright top spot in the Western Conference with a 110-101 win over the Memphis Grizzlies.
Anthony Edwards scored 17 of his 34 points in the third quarter to help spark the Timberwolves, while Naz Reid (19 points) was handy off the bench.
Jaren Jackson Jr led Memphis with 33 points and 13 rebounds, but it wasn't enough to stop the Grizzlies slumping to their third straight loss.
The Denver Nuggets improved to 40-19 with a 117-96 win over the Sacramento Kings.
Jamal Murray scored 32 points for the Nuggets, while Nikola Jokic had 14 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists to post his fourth straight triple-double.
Keegan Murray top-scored for the Kings with 21 points.
In Indiana, the Pacers had three players produce double-double displays on the way to beating the New Orleans Pelicans 123-114.
Pascal Siakam (24 points, 11 rebounds), Myles Turner (14 points, 10 rebounds) and Tyrese Haliburton (17 points, 13 assists) all produced big games for Indiana to improve their season record to 34-26.
Brandon Ingram top-scored for the Pelicans with 30 points, while Zion Williamson (23 points) and CJ McCollum (23 points) were also influential.
Australian Associated Press