No 7 Mavericks
2 seeded clippers and no.
No 7 mavericks. 7 seed dallas mavericks did the honors this time outplaying the no. By sabreena merchant sabreenajm aug 17 2020 9 01am pdt share this story. 7 seed they own after the season was abruptly halted on march 11 because of the coronavirus.
Here s a breakdown of 5 storylines head to head. 7 seed mavericks face the no. The bottom line for the mavericks is that most of their heavy lifters have no or very limited playoff experience.
2 clippers are heavy favorites against the no. Oops we mean the portland trail blazers. 7 seed in the western conference after tuesday s 134 131 loss to damian lillard.
A massive 61 point outburst by lillard was capped ironically by a play at the defensive end of the floor when he drew an offensive foul. Player ht pos ht player. 2 seed clippers try to draw first blood against the no.
The mavericks then reeled off a 12 0 run in the second to push the lead to 50 36 that the clippers trimmed to 69 66 at the break. The mavericks hope to move up from the no. So nobody really knows how doncic porzingis maxi kleber and dorian finney smith are going to.
7 in the west. The mavericks are locked into the no. Dallas made 12 3s in the first half a.
7 seed mavericks as an nba title favorite that everyone expects to roll on to at least a western conference final. Spurs 123 rockets 105 keldon johnson had 24 points and 11 rebounds and the spurs kept alive their chance of becoming the first team in nba history to make 23 consecutive playoff appearances. Dallas mavericks forward luka doncic tries to work past clippers forward paul george during a game on aug.
2 seed clippers in a first round playoff series starting monday night in the nba s disney world bubble. 2 seed clippers clearly have all the pressure on them against the no. 2 seed la clippers from opening tip to final buzzer in a 127 114 win evening their first round series at 1 1.
Kristaps porzingis scored 36 points and luka doncic had 25 points 10 assists and eight rebounds for the mavericks who will finish no.