By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
With Latvian Kristaps Porzingis missing and Slovenian Luka Doncic having “just” 22 points, the Dallas Mavericks didn’t have another player ready to make things happen.
On the contrary, Paul George finally had a good game with 35 points, Kawhi Leonard added 32 and the Clippers got the easy 154-111 win and the 3-2 lead after the crucial Game 5 of the first-round Western Conference series.
The winners have set a new postseason franchise record for most points scored smashing the previous record of 138, from 2014 against Golden State. Τhe 43 points margin is also the bigger ever in their playoff history.
Croatian big man Ivica Zubac added nine points and seven rebounds as everything clicked for the winning side.
German Maxi Kleber scored 12 points for the Mavs, Serb Boban Marjanovic had five points and three rebounds and Dallas simply couldn’t react after the Clippers opened the game leading 41-22 after the first quarter.