Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander waxed lyrical about the team’s mean defence in the playoffs following their 117-95 win over the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference semifinals series at Paycom Center on Tuesday night. The top-seeded Thunder held the Mavericks to below 40% shooting from the field and below 35% from the 3-point line. They forced them to 15 turnovers while also edging the...
The Dallas Mavericks handed the Los Angeles Clippers their biggest margin of defeat with a 123-93 win at Crypto.com Arena on Wednesday night in their Western Conference playoff first-round series. A half-fit Luka Doncic, who was battling both a right knee injury and illness, was all it took for Dallas as the Slovenian punished the Clippers throughout the game to finish with 35 points, seven rebounds,...
No Kawhi Leonard, no problems for the Los Angeles Clippers, who have won both games the two-time champions have missed in their Western Conference playoff first-round series against the Dallas Mavericks. The Clippers, fuelled by Paul George and James Harden, held off a rally from the Mavericks to win Game 4 of their matchup 116-111 at the American Airlines Center on Sunday and even the series...
It wasn’t all rosy at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Friday night, but the Mavericks banked on solid defending to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 101-90 and take a 2-1 lead in their Western Conference playoffs first-round matchup. Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic were a combined 15 of 45 from the field, but the Mavericks somehow dug deep in an immaculate defensive performance in...
Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving and Boston Celtics centre Kristaps Porzingis have been named the Western and Eastern Players of the Week for Week 24, for games played from April 1 through April 7. This marks Irving's fifth Player of the Week honour and his first since the 2014-15 season, while Porzingis wins his fourth Eastern Conference Player of the Week award and his first with the...
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