Dante Exum has marked his NBA return from wrist surgery, shaking off the cobwebs as Dallas suffered a 117-102 loss to Detroit.
Exum was playing his first game of the season, having missed 48 matches after a routine dunk attempt at a training camp went badly awry.
Mavericks coach Jason Kidd confirmed before the match in Detroit that Exum would be restricted to a maximum of 15 minutes.