Dallas wins at Oklahoma City and regains the lead in the Western Conference semi-finals

Dallas is just one win away from being in the Western Conference finals again. The Mavericks won (92-104) on the Oklahoma City floor Wednesday evening, which allows them to now lead 3-2 in the series, before game 6, on the night of Saturday to Sunday (2 hours, French time).

As in Game 4, Luka Doncic signed a triple-double: 31 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists. “He was aggressive, took shots, was able to get to the basket, he played for his bigs and for the wings,” Dallas coach Jason Kidd said. He did a good job taking care of the ball, but his intention was to go to the basket and score, and he did that at a high level. » “I just tried to play basketball, to concentrate on basketball,” said the 25-year-old Slovenian after the victory. Sometimes I forget that this is what I love. »

Gilgeous-Alexander n’a pas suffi

Joined at 2-2 during the lost match 4 (100-96) while leading by 14 points during the third quarter and by 8 units less than eight minutes from time, the Mavericks this time did not to have. Particularly by defending very well – Kyrie Irving, 12 points, stood out.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, 30 points including 14 in the third quarter, several times allowed OKC, first in the regular season, to hang on and hope for a new comeback, coming back to nine units behind Dallas in the final moments of the third quarter. But the gap widened (89-71 at 9’31” from the end) thanks to Doncic, author of eight points in a row, and if the Thunder stuck a 10-0 returning to 8 points in the last quarter, Derrick Jones Jr.’s teammates (19 points) were not really worried.

Chet Holmgren, who was averaging 15 points in the series before Game 5, was average (13 points, 5 of 11 shooting) and Jalen Williams (12 points) confirms that he is not as much to its advantage only in the quarters, against the Pelicans (21 points on average).

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