The Dallas Mavericks (36-38) moved a half-game in front of the Phoenix Suns for 10th place in the Western Conference playoff/play-in race with their 101-92 win over the Orlando Magic (35-39) on Thursday at the Kia Center. The win could even push the Mavs all the way into ninth in the West, depending on the result of Thursday’s late game between the Sacramento Kings and Portland Trail Blazers. The first half between the Mavs and Magic was a slog to get through before Dallas connected on nine of the team’s 14 second-half 3-point attempts in the win. Meanwhile, Orlando shot just 2-of-19 from beyond the arc in the second half and a putrid 5-of-30 for the game.

Jaden Hardy led the Mavericks in scoring while Anthony Davis shot just 5-of-19 from the field as he works his way back into form after the adductor strain that had him out for 18 games before Monday’s 120-101 win over the Brooklyn Nets. Paolo Banchero led all scorers with 35 points and 10 rebounds for the Magic in the loss.

Here’s how the Mavs graded out individually in the win at the Magic.

Spencer Dinwiddie: C-

7 Points / 4 Rebounds / 4 Assists / 2 Steals / (25 Minutes)

Dinwiddie was a spectator throughout the first quarter before losing the ball to Caleb Houstan on his first touch of the second. He came into the game averaging better than 19 points per game in his last eight but ceded that priority as a scoring option to Cormac Karl “Max” Christie, Brandon Williams and Jaden Hardy at different points throughout the game. Dinwiddie reached the 8,000-point mark for his career on a driving bucket with 3:15 left to play in the win.

Klay Thompson: B-

12 Points / 4 Rebounds (26 Minutes)

Thompson hit his first attempt of the game, a perimeter jumper for the game’s first basket, then made a nice little runner in the lane to pull Dallas to within 27-24 with 8:15 left in the second. The problem is, he didn’t bring much to the table between those two scores. Thompson connected on his first 3-pointer with 7:30 left in the third, along the baseline on a nice find from Naji Marshall.

Anthony Davis: C

15 Points / 7 Rebounds / 2 Assists / 1 Steals (29 Minutes)

Davis started the game 0-for-5 from the field, shooting blanks from inside and 3-point range. His first bucket came late in the first on a tough runner in the lane to put the Mavericks up 17-15. He drove for a 3-point play on a nice find from Dinwiddie to put Dallas back in front, 40-39, with 2:30 left before the half. He went just 2-of-11 from the field in the first half.

Davis responded with a made jumper on his first touch of the third to bring Dallas to within 50-48 and a post-up over Franz Wagner the next time down to tie things up. He hit his first 3-pointer of the game on his third attempt from deep in the final minute of the third quarter to extend Dallas’ lead to 77-70 headed to the fourth. Davis shot just 4-of-14 from 2-point range against Orlando.

Naji Marshall: C-

6 Points / 4 Rebounds / 3 Assists / 2 Steals (41 Minutes)

Marshall was relatively quiet in the first half after his monster 38-point night in Tuesday’s 128-113 loss to the New York Knicks. He ripped away a steal and bullied his way to the rim in transition to tie the game, 37-37, with 3:17 left before the break. He had some trouble defending Paolo Banchero in the second quarter (17 points in the quarter), but so has everyone in the NBA lately. The ball slipped out of Marshall’s hands and went out of bounds on a drive through the lane in the last minute of the first half. The Magic scored five points in the half’s final 10 seconds to take a 50-43 lead.

Kai Jones: INC

4 Points / 5 Rebounds 1 Block (7 Minutes)

Jones flushed home an alley-oop from Dinwiddie midway through the fourth to tie the game, 6-6, then skied for another acrobatic lob dunk from Caleb Martin a minute later to give the Mavs an early lead. He landed awkwardly on his hip, though, and had to leave the game. He did not return after suffering what team officials called a left hip contusion.

Max Christie: B-

12 Points / 3 Rebounds / 2 Assists / 2 Steals (29 Minutes)

Christie gave a solid pump fake along the baseline, made one dribble and canned his first attempt from the mid-range to give the Mavs a 10-6 advantage, then drilled his first 3-pointer with 3:50 left in the first from the left corner to make it 13-11. Christie was quiet for long stretches before banging in a big 3-pointer from the right corner with 7:30 left to play to extend the Mavs’ lead to 85-79.

Dwight Powell: C-

4 Points / 3 Rebounds / 2 Assists (19 Minutes)

Powell mainly took up space in the win over Orlando, getting manhandled by Goga Bitadze a couple of times inside along the way. He was also caught napping on a wide open lop from Banchero to Wendell Carter Jr. midway through the third before missing a lob attempt inside on the offensive end. Ho hum at best.

Brandon Williams: B+

14 Points / 2 Rebound / 6 Assists / 2 Steals (27 Minutes)

Williams played distributor early on before connecting on his first 3-ball of the game from the left wing to bring the Mavs to within 31-27 with 6:50 to play before halftime. He attacked off a turnover to get a crafty little score inside to make it 34-31 two minutes later. Williams scooped home another couple of nice driving attempts as the third quarter wore on.

He made big plays on both ends of the court with less than seven minutes to play, sneaking a steal from Wagner before blowing past him on the way to the rack to give the Mavericks an 87-79 lead.

Jaden Hardy: A

22 Points / 3 Rebounds (20 Minutes)

Hardy connected on the Mavs’ first field goal of the second quarter as a general sense of malaise set in for both offensive units. He hit two 3-balls from the left corner as part of a 16-0 Dallas run as the Mavs battled back to a 73-68 lead late in the third. Hardy made five 3-pointers in the second half to give him his second-straight game scoring at least 15 points. He got one to bounce home as the shot clock wound down with 1:53 left to play, giving the Mavs a 97-88 lead.

Caleb Martin: C

5 Points / 4 Rebounds / 2 Assists / 1 Steal (17 Minutes)

Martin made a nice turnaround jumper along the baseline with five minutes to play in the second. Then he drove to the hoop, giving his defender the cold shoulder on his way to the rack to pull the Mavs to within one, down just 34-33. He was on a 15-minute restriction in his first game back following a second stint on the shelf with a nagging hip issue. Even still, the results are less than inspiring.