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🏀 Good morning to everyone but especially …
THE DALLAS MAVERICKS AND THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
This is why, for all the great offenses in the playoffs, the Mavericks‘ might be the most fearsome. Behind a bounce-back performance from Luka Doncic, a career performance from P.J. Washington and an out-of-nowhere performance from Tim Hardaway Jr., the Mavericks evened their series against the Thunder at one apiece with a 119-110 win.
Oklahoma City had not allowed more than 95 points in a game this postseason.
Doncic scored 29 points and made five of his eight 3-pointers, breaking out of a prolonged slump from deep. Washington had 29 points as well, obliterating his previous playoff career high of 18.Doncic and Washington became the first teammates with five 3s and 10 rebounds each in the same playoff game.
Hardaway, meanwhile, had 17 crucial points off the bench. For reference, he had 19…..
