Mavs whip Cavs 92-74 on Halloween

The Mavericks and Cavaliers didn’t need costumes Halloween Night to remind everyone of who they once were. Dallas was the Finals runner-up in 2006. Cleveland had that honor four months ago.

That’s about all they had in common Opening Night. The Mavs made Quicken Loans Arena their personal trick-or-treat cul-de-sac, filling up their candy bag with enough 3-pointers, steals, layups and blocked shots in the 92-74 blowout to make any sweet tooth happy.

Sweet it was.

“It was a great game all around,” Jerry Stackhouse said. “We have to keep building. We don’t even have one of our horses.”

Even without Josh Howard, whose suspension ends after Friday’s visit to Atlanta, the first half couldn’t have gone any better if it was scripted. It seemed each Maverick did exactly what he was supposed to do.

Read the rest of the opening-night win at mavs.com.