DALLAS (AP) Luka Doncic wowed the crowd early with a four-point game after being fouled by Kawhi Leonard and then turned to one of several late buckets that helped keep Dallas comfortable at the For a long recognition of these fans.
In a two-game set with the feel of a playoff series, the Mavericks parted ways with their young sensation.
Doncic scored 42 points, and the Mavericks answered a first-round loss to their playoff opponents last season, beating the Los Angeles Clippers 105-89 on Wednesday night.
Josh Richardson scored 14 points and was a defensive spark than the Mavericks two nights earlier Took a 109-99 defeat and won the season 2-1. The other Dallas win, 51 points in LA, was three games of the season in December, roughly four months after the Clippers knocked out the Mavs in six games in the NBA playoff bubble.
« You’re a really good one Defensive team, « said Doncic, who was 16 out of 28 out of the field, including 6 out of 11 out of 3-point range. » They are tough, back-to-back games like the playoffs. So we have to be ready for the playoffs if we can. »
Paul George had 28 points for the Clippers, including a pair of 3 pointers in the last minute of the third quarter that cut a 12 point deficit in half and led to the fourth.
Doncic, who in scored 22 points in the first half, took command in the fourth quarter, assisted with a 3 for Jalen Brunson’s opening points of the game, and hit a fadeaway jumper and a 3 to bring the lead back to 12 at 87-75.
Leonard scored 20 points while Marcus Morris Sr. had 11 on his second start in a row but was only 1 out of 9 out of 3 point range, while the Clippers shot 28% (9 out of 32) from a long distance « For the most part, I thought we did a good job defensively, except that Luka set us on fire, » said coach Tyronn Lue. « I thought offensively, we didn’t trust, we didn’t share basketball any further. We forced a lot of things all night. »
Richardson, who was added in an off-season deal that cost the Mavericks their best 3-pointer shooter at Seth Curry while trying to improve defensively, influenced the game as much as did Dallas it had imagined.
The fiery security guard had two steals on incoming games in the first half after Dallas-Baskets, one of them after his own 3-pointer. Richardson, who ended with three steals, also blocked Reggie Jackson’s dunk transition attempt before half time. « That set the tone for the game, » said coach Rick Carlisle of the early thefts. « This is just a signal to everyone in the arena that we are here. He was here. And we weren’t going anywhere. This is a big moment. »
When George was chasing him as the Clippers tried to rally in the fourth quarter, Doncic found Maxi Kleber for a 3 and then bonded with him in an alley-oop dunk on his ninth and final submission, to bring the lead to 15. Kleber scored 12 points.
He made himself comfortable and took shots, Leonard said of Doncic, who had six rebounds. « It’s hard to turn the water off when such a great player starts rolling. »
Kristaps Porzingis, Doncic’s European pal, had a quiet night on the offensive with 11 points but 13 rebounds when Dallas won the battle of the boards after losing it two nights earlier.
» I’m not at all surprised how we got out and stuck with it, « said Carlisle. « These guys were in the playoffs. You have a very good idea of what these types of games look like. The burning question is always where do you get her from here? »
Clippers: C Serge Ibaka missed his second game in a row with lower back bottlenecks. … Leonard missed both free throws in the third quarter after Carlisle unsuccessfully challenged a foul call. Tim Hardaway Jr. believed he thwarted a dunk attempt by throwing the ball off without a foul, but the replay showed he grazed Leonard’s right hand.
Mavericks: Dorian Finney-Smith was about to give birth to his son out earlier in the day. … F James Johnson has missed a third game in a row and will be out for both upcoming games in Portland. Johnson must pass a series of COVID-19 tests before joining the team again to attend to personal affairs after his trip to Wyoming. … Hardaway scored 15 points.
Clippers: After three games in four days, LA has two days off before a home game on Saturday against Charlotte, who has lost ten games in a row at the Staples Center since 2009.
Mavericks: A stretch of eight out of nine games on the road starts with two straight in Portland. The first is Friday. The Trail Blazers won the only meeting in Dallas last month.
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