Luka Doncic started hot and the Mavericks never looked back. Now the Mavs are onto their first NBA Finals since 2011
The Dallas Mavericks are onto the NBA Finals with a Game 5 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. And this one wasn't even close. I can't be the only one who felt similar vibes as Game 7 of the 2022 Western Conference Semifinals against the Phoenix Suns.
This shot is just ridiculous though. Dallas was setting screens higher and higher as Minnesota wanted to pressure Luka as soon as he crossed half-court. Kyle Anderson makes the mistake of going under the screen and Luka pulls from Duluth and nails it. He'd go 8/10 from the field in the first quarter to Minnesota's 8/26.Doncic starting so strong forced Minnesota to over-adjust and panic any time he touched the basketball.
Even though Dallas entered halftime with a 29-point lead, anything is possible in basketball. Minnesota was down by 20 in Game 7 to the Nuggets and came back to win that one, so it was important for the Mavericks to start the second half with that same intensity. They couldn't have started the half any better than this.
Dallas would lead by as much as 36 points and never saw the lead dip below 20 points in the entire second half on their way to winning 124-103.
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