I Dallas Mavericks they avenged the defeat suffered in game 4 within the friendly walls of the American Airlines Center by winning easily against the Los Angeles Clippers for 123-93. The Texans take the series to 3-2 and now they will have the first match point to conquer the Western Conference Semifinals in front of their fans.
First quarter in which both teams struggle to score: for the Clippers the duo Harden-George tira overall 2/10 from the fieldwhile the Mavs missed 9 of their first 10 long-range shots but consistently found the basket from inside the area (11/16) and ended the first quarter leading 25-24.
Coach Kidd’s team then managed to take control of the match during the central quarters and increased their lead to +30 in the final period. The driving force of the Texans he is without a doubt Luka Dončić who with a monstrous performance of 35 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists led his team to the precious away victory. At the end of the match the Slovenian commented on the easy victory of his Mavs on the pitch of the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles in this way:
“We don’t care if we win the Playoffs by one point or fifty, it’s still an excellent victory. We still have to win one, the work is not done.”
In addition to Dončić, the Mavericks also found 15 points Maxi glue and 14 each Kyrie Irving e Jaden Hardy.
Game 5 to quickly forget for i Clippers who see their superstars Paul George (15 points and 11 rebounds), Russell Westbrook (6 and 5 rebounds) e James Harden (7 and 7 assists) shoot 4/13, 2/11 and 2/12 from the field respectively. These are the words of the Clips coach, Tyronn Lueat the end of 48 minutes:
“We just didn’t play well either defensively or offensively. We need to move on.”
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