DALLAS (AP) — Spencer Dinwiddie scored a season-high 31 points while P.J. Washington Jr. added 27, with a season-high five 3-pointers, as the Dallas Mavericks beat the Detroit Pistons 123-117 on Friday night.
Eleven of Dinwiddie’s points came at the free-throw line, where Dallas hit 27 of 36 to Detroit’s 14 of 19.
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Dallas Mavericks' Spencer Dinwiddie heads toward the basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Detroit Pistons, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo/Albert Pena)
Dallas Mavericks' Anthony Davis, center, in street clothes due to an injury, looks on during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Detroit Pistons, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo/Albert Pena)
Detroit Pistons forward Tim Hardaway Jr. walks on the court during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo/Albert Pena)
Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham, left, drives against Dallas Mavericks guard Spencer Dinwiddie (26) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo/Albert Pena)
Detroit Pistons forward Tim Hardaway Jr. is honored during a timeout in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo/Albert Pena)
Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham controls the ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo/Albert Pena)
Dallas Mavericks guard Klay Thompson (31) drives against Detroit Pistons forward Ronald Holland II, right, during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo/Albert Pena)
Dallas Mavericks forward P.J. Washington takes a shot over Detroit Pistons forward Simone Fontecchio during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo/Albert Pena)
Dallas Mavericks guard Spencer Dinwiddie drives against Detroit Pistons guard Malik Beasley during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo/Albert Pena)
Klay Thompson scored 20 and Naji Marshall had 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Mavericks, who snapped a four-game losing streak and won for only the second time in 11 games as they battle to earn a play-in berth after playing in last year’s NBA Finals.
Cade Cunningham scored a game-high 35 points on 15 for 30 shooting for the Pistons, sixth in the East and one game behind Milwaukee.
Pistons: Starting guard Tim Hardaway Jr., who played five-plus seasons for Dallas before being traded to Detroit last summer, was honored with a video presentation in the first period but left midway through the second quarter with a right ankle sprain with no points in eight minutes.
Mavericks: They used all nine eligible players and set a franchise record using their 39th starting lineup. Forward Kessler Edwards, with one NBA game’s eligibility remaining on a two-way contract, was held out. Anthony Davis (left adductor strain), Dereck Lively II (right ankle stress fracture) and Daniel Gafford (right knee sprain) practiced Friday with the G League’s Texas Legends. Dallas coach Jason Kidd provided no timetable for their return to the Mavericks’ active roster with 11 games left.
The Mavericks led 118-115 with 23.8 seconds left when they broke a full-court press with Brandon Williams, also a two-way player, driving to the basket to score with a foul for a three-point play.
The Pistons, second in the NBA averaging 19.4 fast-break points, were held to six.
The Pistons will host New Orleans on Sunday. The Mavericks will visit Brooklyn on Monday.
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Dallas Mavericks' Spencer Dinwiddie heads toward the basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Detroit Pistons, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo/Albert Pena)
Dallas Mavericks' Anthony Davis, center, in street clothes due to an injury, looks on during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Detroit Pistons, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo/Albert Pena)
Detroit Pistons forward Tim Hardaway Jr. walks on the court during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo/Albert Pena)
Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham, left, drives against Dallas Mavericks guard Spencer Dinwiddie (26) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo/Albert Pena)
Detroit Pistons forward Tim Hardaway Jr. is honored during a timeout in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo/Albert Pena)
Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham controls the ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo/Albert Pena)
Dallas Mavericks guard Klay Thompson (31) drives against Detroit Pistons forward Ronald Holland II, right, during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo/Albert Pena)
Dallas Mavericks forward P.J. Washington takes a shot over Detroit Pistons forward Simone Fontecchio during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo/Albert Pena)
Dallas Mavericks guard Spencer Dinwiddie drives against Detroit Pistons guard Malik Beasley during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo/Albert Pena)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal agents carrying out immigration arrests in Minnesota's Twin Cities region already shaken by the fatal shooting of a woman rammed the door of one home Sunday and pushed their way inside, part of what the Department of Homeland Security has called its largest enforcement operation ever.
In a dramatic scene similar to those playing out across Minneapolis, agents captured a man in the home just minutes after pepper spraying protesters outside who had confronted the heavily armed federal agents. Along the residential street, protesters honked car horns, banged on drums and blew whistles in attempts to disrupt the operation.
Video of the clash taken by The Associated Press showed some agents pushing back protesters while a distraught woman later emerged from the house with a document that federal agents presented to arrest the man. Signed by an immigration officer, the document — unlike a warrant signed by a judge — does not authorize forced entry into a private residence. A warrant signed by an immigration officer only authorizes arrest in a public area.
Immigrant advocacy groups have conducted extensive “know-your-rights” campaigns urging people not to open their doors unless agents have a court order signed by a judge.
But within minutes of ramming the door in a neighborhood filled with single-family homes, the handcuffed man was led away.
More than 2,000 immigration arrests have been made in Minnesota since the enforcement operation began at the beginning of December, said Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News on Sunday that the administration would send additional federal agents to Minnesota to protect immigration officers and continue enforcement.
The Twin Cities — the latest target in President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign — is bracing for what is next after 37-year-old Renee Good was shot and killed by an immigration officer on Wednesday.
“We’re seeing a lot of immigration enforcement across Minneapolis and across the state, federal agents just swarming around our neighborhoods,” said Jason Chavez, a Minneapolis city councilmember. “They’ve definitely been out here.”
Chavez, the son of Mexican immigrants who represents an area with a growing immigrant population, said he is closely monitoring information from chat groups about where residents are seeing agents operating.
People holding whistles positioned themselves in freezing temperatures on street corners Sunday in the neighborhood where Good was killed, watching for any signs of federal agents.
More than 20,000 people have taken part in a variety of trainings to become “observers” of enforcement activities in Minnesota since the 2024 election, said Luis Argueta, a spokesperson for Unidos MN, a local human rights organization .
“It’s a role that people choose to take on voluntarily, because they choose to look out for their neighbors,” Argueta said.
The protests have been largely peaceful, but residents remained anxious. On Monday, Minneapolis public schools will start offering remote learning for the next month in response to concerns that children might feel unsafe venturing out while tensions remain high.
Many schools closed last week after Good’s shooting and the upheaval that followed.
While the enforcement activity continues, two of the state’s leading Democrats said that the investigation into Good's shooting death should not be overseen solely by the federal government.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and U.S. Sen. Tina Smith said in separate interviews Sunday that state authorities should be included in the investigation because the federal government has already made clear what it believes happened.
“How can we trust the federal government to do an objective, unbiased investigation, without prejudice, when at the beginning of that investigation they have already announced exactly what they saw — what they think happened," Smith said on ABC’s "This Week."
The Trump administration has defended the officer who shot Good in her car, saying he was protecting himself and fellow agents and that Good had “weaponized” her vehicle.
Todd Lyons, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defended the officer on Fox News Channel’s “The Sunday Briefing.”
"That law enforcement officer had milliseconds, if not short time to make a decision to save his life and his other fellow agents,” he said.
Lyons also said the administration’s enforcement operations in Minnesota wouldn't be needed “if local jurisdictions worked with us to turn over these criminally illegal aliens once they are already considered a public safety threat by the locals.”
The killing of Good by an ICE officer and the shooting of two people by federal agents in Portland, Oregon, led to dozens of protests in cities across the country over the weekend, including New York, Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and Oakland, California.
Contributing were Associated Press journalists Giovanna Dell’Orto in Minneapolis; Thomas Strong in Washington; Bill Barrow in Atlanta; Christopher Weber in Los Angeles; and John Seewer in Toledo, Ohio.
A woman gets into an altercation with a federal immigration officer as officers make an arrest Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A federal immigration officer deploys pepper spray as officers make an arrest Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A family member, center, reacts after federal immigration officers make an arrest Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Bystanders are treated after being pepper sprayed as federal immigration officers make an arrest Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A family member reacts after federal immigration officers make an arrest Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Federal agents look on after detaining a person during a patrol in Minneapolis, Minn., Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)
Bystanders react after a man was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during a traffic stop, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Robbinsdale, Minn. (AP Photo/John Locher)
People stand near a memorial at the site where Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)
A man looks out of a car window after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during a traffic stop, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Robbinsdale, Minn. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Border Patrol agents detain a man, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
People shout toward Border Patrol agents making an arrest, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Demonstrators protest outside the White House in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey holds a news conference on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)
Protesters react as they visit a makeshift memorial during a rally for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer earlier in the week, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
