Dallas Mavericks ties a series against Clippers with a dominating win.

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Dallas Mavericks was superb in this game, They never gave any chances to Clippers in a game. Clippers shoot very bad from the long-range. They made 10 3-pointer out of 34. Clippers and Dallas both missed many free throws in the game, Clippers missed 9 and Dallas missed 11 free throws.


Boban does a great job for Dallas, He scored 13 points with 9 rebounds coming off the bench. His Presence in the first half gave a moment to take a big lead to Dallas. 


This is the first playoff game victory for Dallas after Dirk Nowitzki's time with Dallas. Luka Doncic scored 70 points in his first 2 games of the playoffs. He passed Kareem Abdul Jabbar for most points through first two career playoff games in NBA History. 

First Quarter 


This time Dallas scored fist points. They made 8-0 run in this quarter. In the last game, Dallas was 18-2 behind from the Clipper. Dallas made 15-2 run in the first 5 minutes of the game. Clippers were very sloppy in the first 5 minutes of the game.  Clippers come back in a game and cut 13 points lead to 4 points after the first quarter. 


Second Quarter


Dallas Mavericks got a huge 17 points lead in the quarter with 7:40 remaining. Luka missed his last 3 free throws out of 4. Dallas Mavericks took 5 points lead after the first half. Dallas had a maximum of 17 points lead in the first half. 


Third Quarter 


11:08 remaining in the quarter, Luka got 4th foul. 9:37 minutes to go in the quarter, Tim Hardaway Jr buried a 3-pointer which gave 8 points lead to Dallas Mavericks. Dallas took 13 points lead in the quarter. Porzingis scored 9 points in the quarter. Dallas made 13-2 run.    


Fourth Quarter 


Luka Doncic picked 5th foul at the starting of the fourth quarter. Doncic had to left a game. 10:58 to go in the quarter, what a throwback jam by Kawhi Leonard but Boban mad 3 points play to take back 13 points lead. Dallas got 15 points as Burke scored a bucket. Wright scored 2 free throws to give 18 points lead to Dallas. Dallas had a maximum  18  points lead in the fourth quarter. 


2:50 minutes remaining in the quarter, Paul George scored a 3-pointer but it was not counted where offensive foul committed by Clippers. 2:29 minutes to go Harrell scored a bucket and drew a foul on Porzingis. 3 points play for Harrell but he missed a free throws.1:52 minutes to go, Clippers had open look but Kawhi and Morris both missed open 3-pointer to cut a lead into a  single digit.  


Dallas Mavericks' bench also played a huge role in this game. They scored 47 points for Dallas compared to Clippers' bench 37 points. Clippers bench players are known for their great performance in any game from both sides of the game but in today's game, Dallas got an edge over them.  


Dallas Mavericks' Scorer :


Luka scored 28 points with 8 rebounds and 7 assists. 6 Dallas Mavericks players scored in double-figure. Porzingis scored 23 points. Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 17 points. Seth Curry added 15 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, and Trey Burke scored 16 points in a game coming off the bench.  

 


Los Angeles Clippers' Scorer :


Kawhi Leonard scored 35 points with 10 rebounds, Morris added 14 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists in a game for Clippers. Paul George was not that good in this game as he was in the first game, He scored only 14 points with 10 rebounds. Jackson scored 11 points, Williams and Harrell are always there to help Clippers from the bench as Harrell added 10 points and Williams made 23 points with 4 rebounds and 7 assists. 





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