Getty Naji Marshall of the Dallas Mavericks punches Jusuf Nurkic of the Phoenix Suns. The Dallas Mavericks survived their first game without their injured superstar Luka Dončić with a 98-89 road win in Phoenix. But they have to do it again in Portland on the second night of a back-to-back schedule with two more starters out. On Saturday, December 28, the NBA went down hard on Mavericks starting forward Naji Marshall for punching Phoenix Suns’  Jusuf Nurkić in the third quarter of their 98-89