The Dallas Mavericks had plenty of chances to imprint their mark on Game 3 and return to the Western Conference finals.
But it was Andrew Wiggins’ poster on Luka Doncic that capped another 109-100 Golden State Warriors victory at American Airlines Center on Sunday night.
Luka Doncic Is Posterized By Andrew Wiggins As The Warriors Are One Victory Away From The NBA Finals
The Warriors are up 3-0 in the series and are aiming for their sixth NBA Finals appearance in eight years.
The Dallas Mavericks, an American professional basketball team, was founded in 1980 and is based in Dallas. The Mavericks were a consistent playoff club in the 1980s, and to this day they have proven they are very solid competitors.
During the 1990s, the team suffered, the team wasn’t up to the mark even after doing their best and went through a period of reconstruction.
From 2017 to 2019, they missed the playoffs three times in a row, and Nowitzki retired after his record-breaking 21st season with Dallas. But the team has still stayed put and is constantly trying its best to be at the top.
Though the Dallas Mavericks have won only one NBA championship, the team has been given strong competition all the time.
Doncic of The Dallas Maverick did everything he could to keep the Mavericks in the game, including nailing a 32-foot buzzer-beater with a shimmy reminiscent of Stephen Curry to finish the first quarter.
In the first quarter, Doncic scored 10 points as the Warriors took a three-point lead.
Luka Doncic is a 23-year-old Slovenian professional basketball player born and raised in Slovenia. Luka is one of the important players for the Dallas Mavericks.
He not only represents The Dallas Mavericks in the NBA but also plays for the Slovenian national team. Luka made his senior debut for his nation’s basketball team when he was 17 years old. Luka’s father was a former player and a basketball coach himself.
Luka got all his initial days of training from his father. Now, he is making his father proud more than ever.
Doncic was once again denied the assistance he required on Sunday night, as the Mavericks shot only 40% from the field and 28.9% from three-point range.
He ended with 40 points, tying the Mavericks record for most 40-point playoff games. Only 12 points were scored by Dorian Finney-Smith, Reggie Bullock, and Dwight Powell combined. Bullock went 0 for 10 at the plate.
With 26 points off the bench, Spencer Dinwiddie, who scored four points in Game 2, was the Mavericks’ second top scorer.
The Warriors were unconcerned about their own shooting difficulties. Golden State scored 34.4 percent despite neither team getting the long ball.
With a 47-33 advantage on the boards, they made up for it. Curry had 31 points to lead Golden State, while Wiggins had 27.
In the first half, one of the Warriors’ important players, Otto Porter Jr., suffered another foot ailment that necessitated an x-ray.
After the break, he was ruled out owing to soreness in his left leg. Golden State was led by one point at halftime, but Dallas was unable to capitalize on another terrible third quarter.
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