NBA Playoffs: Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving has scored 58 points together in game 6 versus Clippers. A sellout audience of more than 20,000 witnessed the Mavs defeat the Los Angeles Clippers 114–101 in a comeback victory that sealed the Mavs first-round playoff series.
After winning 4-2, the Mavs advanced to the Western Conference semifinals, where they will now face the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday in a best-of-seven series.
These teams haven’t played each other in the postseason in a long time. The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Dallas Mavericks by 4-1 in the previous meeting in 2016. Actually, the last two playoff series between these clubs have been won by the Thunder.
The OKC have won five of the last seven meetings in the last two seasons, and also won the regular-season series by 3-1. There will be a lot of discussion regarding the two Kia MVP finalists leading in this tie. After finishing with 5-5 records against each other in the regular season, Luka Doncic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander square off for the first time in playoffs.
The prediction of this upcoming series is lean towards to Thunders as they have the plenty of rest before the series. Being the top-seed got them pretty much confidence and home court will provide the more support to Oklahoma. Thunders in Seven.
NBA Playoffs: Thunders vs Mavericks Playoffs Fixtures:
- Game 1: Mavericks vs. Thunder, Tuesday, May 7 (9:30)
- Game 2: Mavericks vs. Thunder, Thursday, May 9 (9:30)
- Game 3: Thunder vs. Mavericks, Saturday, May 11 (3:30)
- Game 4: Thunder vs. Mavericks, Monday, May 13 (9:30)
- Game 5: Mavericks vs. Thunder, Wednesday, May 15 (TBD) *
- Game 6: Thunder vs. Mavericks, Saturday, May 18 (8:30) *
- Game 7: Mavericks vs. Thunder, Monday, May 20 (8:30) *
Kyrie Irving Stars as Mavericks beat Clippers in six games
Kyrie Irving scored 2 points in the first half and ended with a game-high 30 points. In addition, he had 2 steals, 2 blocks, 4 assists, and 6 rebounds. He made 11 of 19 field goals and 5 of 9 three-pointers. Doncic finished with seven rebounds, 13 assists, and 28 points. He lost the scoring led to Irving in the second half on a night when he had trouble shooting (9 of 26, 1 of 10 from 3).
For the first time in their last three first-round encounters in the previous five seasons, the Mavericks defeated the Clippers. Paul George led the Clippers with 18 points and 11 rebounds.
The team won the previous two games of the series without Kawhi Leonard, but they lacked sufficient scoring power due to pain in his right knee. LAC were ousted in the first round for the second straight season despite James Harden’s 16 points and 13 assists. Harden was only five of sixteen from the field and missed all six of his three-pointers
Clippers vs. Mavericks First Round Results- (Dallas wins series 4-2)
Game 1: Clippers-109 vs Mavericks-97
Game 2: Mavericks-96 vs Clippers-93
Game 3: Mavericks-101 vs Clippers-90
Game 4: Clippers-116 vs Mavericks-111
Game 5: Mavericks-123 vs Clippers-93
Game 6: Mavericks-114 vs Clippers-101
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