Kristaps Porziņģis played 42 minutes in the last game of the season, during which he scored 16 points (1p. 4/4, 2p. 6/7, 3p. 0/5), won 11 rebounds, gave one pass, intercepted two balls, earned three notes and the game ended with a +/- factor of minus eight. For Porziņģis, this was the third most successful game in the series, as well as the first game in which the Latvian came to double-double.
Until now, Porziņģis has never been able to win more than six rebounds in the series. That was not enough, because from a long distance, Porziņģis, like the whole Dallas team, attacked unsuccessfully.
Luka Dončičs played 44 minutes on the court, repeating the career record and becoming the youngest player to score at least 40 points in the seventh game of the NBA series. Slovenia closed the game with 46 points (1p. 7/11, 2p. 12/19, 3p. 5/11), seven rebounds and 14 assists. He also has six errors and a +/- score minus nine.
Tim Hardard took only one long shot (3p. 1/9), finishing the game with 11 points, while Boban Marjanovich scored 14 points and won 10 rebounds.
In favor of the winners, 28 points, 10 rebounds and nine passes to Kava Lenard, but 23 points, setting a new career record in the long distance (3p. 7/9) in the knockout tournament, was scored by Marcus Morris. Paul George added 22 points and 10 assists.
In the sixth game of the Dallas “Mavericks” series, which was so played in Dallas, they failed to win, thus the Los Angeles “Clippers” series took away to Los Angeles, where the final or seventh game of the series was played tonight.
A fantastic first quarter was spent by Mavericks leader Luka Dončič, who scored 19 of 38 team points, helping trotters be in the lead after the first quarter (38:35). After the first half, the Clippers maintained the high throw sales, but the Mavericks were unable to attack the basket with such high accuracy compared to the first half.
At half-time, the Clippers took an eight-point lead (70:62). Dončič was great in the Mavericks, who had already noticed 29 points and returned seven assists, while Kristaps Porziņģis had managed to score 12 points, beating the previous two games.
Dallas started the second half powerfully, playing the deficit and taking the lead, but the Clippers continued to make a 10: 0 break, regaining the lead, and less than two minutes before the end of the third quarter, the Clippers scored 15 points after Kavai Lenard and Luke Kenard scored dominance, which at that time was the biggest advantage in the game. The Clippers had made a breakthrough 24: 4.
In the final quarter, the Clippers started with another breakthrough, increasing their lead to 19 points. At the end of the game, the Mavericks managed to approach the Clippers to a seven-point deficit, but Reggio Jackson threw an important long shot. The Clippers successfully finished the game, winning the seventh game of the series (4-3) and securing a place in the Western Conference semifinals, where it will have to meet the best regular tournament team in Utah, Jazz, while Porziņģis and Dallas are over.
