Kevin Durant recorded 31 points and nine rebounds to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 114-102 victory over the visiting Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night.

Durant also became the eighth player in NBA history to top 29,000 career points. He finished the competition with 29.010.

Devin Booker scored 21 points, Jusuf Nurkic had 18 points and 14 rebounds and Ryan Dunn scored 13 points for the Suns.

Luka Doncic had 40 points and 10 rebounds to pace the Mavericks. Kyrie Irving scored 22 points and Klay Thompson added 19.

Phoenix shot 45 percent from the field, including 14 of 39 from three-point range. The Suns played without Bradley Beal (elbow) and Grayson Allen (away due to the birth of his child).

The Mavericks made 39.8 percent of their field goal attempts and were 13 of 41 from behind the arc. Doncic and Thompson each earned five treys.

Dallas trailed by eight at the break but started strong in the third quarter with a 12-5 lead to get within 68-67 with 9:11 to go.

Phoenix answered with a 15-4 push that was capped by Durant’s fadeaway jumper with 4:26 left for an 83-71 lead.

The Suns led 91-80 entering the final quarter before the Mavericks pulled within six. Dunn and Durant made three-pointers and Durant added a conventional three-point play to push Phoenix’s lead to 105-90 with 6:44 left.

The 3-pointer pushed Durant’s career point total above 29,000. The 9-0 run also put the Mavericks away.

Phoenix made 28 of 37 free throw attempts. Dallas only shot 18, so 15.

Durant scored 15 points and Nurkic added 14 as the Suns held a 63-55 halftime advantage. Doncic had 23 in the half for Dallas.

Doncic had 13 points in the first quarter, but Dallas trailed 28-26 at the end of the period.

Phoenix started the second quarter with an 11-2 burst and took an 11-point lead. The lead was 48-35 on two free throws by Royce O’Neale just before the halfway point of the quarter.

–Field-level media