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Many angles of Game 4 loss, including PG’s remarkable corner three

29-04-2024 18:58 via mavs.com

Depending on your perspective, there are so many ways to look at Sunday’s Game 4 of the Mavericks’ first-round series against the Los Angeles Clippers.
You might say that the Mavericks got waylaid by a Clippers’ haymaker and simply made a cosmetic comeback that eventually caused them to run out of gas when they finally got in position to win the game late.
Or, another way to look at it is that the Clippers had a masterful shooting night (18-of-29, 62 percent from three-point ra

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Luka fighting health issues, but impressed with Kyrie, MFFLs

29-04-2024 05:20 via mavs.com

As Kyrie Irving said, nobody’s is feeling 100 percent physically at this time of the NBA season.
Aches and pains are standard for every player that has survived the 82-game regular season to make the playoffs.
Luka Dončić is proof.
He acknowledged after the 116-111 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 4 on Sunday that he’s dealing with is not a “perfect situation.”
The superstar point guard was questionable going into Game 4 with right knee soreness. Less pu

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Mavs mysteriously lost another game Leonard didn’t play

29-04-2024 03:17 via mavs.com

The Dallas Mavericks are bemoaning the idea that they’ve been unable to take advantage of the fact that the Los Angeles Clippers have been winning games in this best-of-seven first-round playoff series without having the services of All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard.
It’s a dilemma that has become very mysterious to the Mavs.
Leonard is clearly the Clippers’ best player, and he missed Games 1 and 4 while dealing with inflammation in his right knee. However, not having Leonard has

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Mavericks’ rally falls short, Clippers level series 2-2

29-04-2024 00:27 via mavs.com

An epic comeback bid by the Mavericks came up just short on Sunday afternoon in Game 4 against the Los Angeles Clippers.
Trailing by 31 points midway through the second quarter, the Mavericks tried to pull off a Richter-scale rally behind some clutch shot-making by Kyrie Irving. But the Clippers had an answer in the form of James Harden and Paul George, who powered them in the final moments to a 116-111 victory at American Airlines Center.
The first-round series now is knotted at two wins apiece

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Mavericks’ rally falls short as Clippers level series 2-2

29-04-2024 00:27 via mavs.com

An epic comeback bid by the Mavericks came up just short on Sunday afternoon in Game 4 against the Los Angeles Clippers.
Trailing by 31 points midway through the second quarter, the Mavericks tried to pull off a Richter-scale rally behind some clutch shot-making by Kyrie Irving. But the Clippers had an answer in the form of James Harden and Paul George, who powered them in the final moments to a 116-111 victory at American Airlines Center.
The series will return to LA for Game 5 on Wednesday all

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