Cavs head coach Kenny Atkinson expected Sunday afternoon to feel like a celebration. For spurts inside Rocket Arena, it did. Max Strus ran onto the floor for the first time this season to a roar that sounded more like the start of the playoffs than a mid-March afternoon game.

The Dallas Mavericks (23-45) defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers (41-27), 130-120, in their Sunday afternoon meeting.

DeMar DeRozan scored a season-high 41 points and had 11 assists to help the Sacramento Kings hold off the Utah Jazz 116-111 on Sunday night.