Luka Doncic had 28 points and 13 assists, Kyrie Irving scored 28 of his 30 points in a second-half surge and the Dallas Mavericks advanced to the second round of the playoffs with a 114-101 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night.
Doncic pushed through another rough shooting night with his ailing right knee to do what the Slovenian superstar couldn't three years earlier - close out the Clippers in Dallas in Game 6 of a first-round series.
James Harden had 16 points and 13 assists but was just 5 of 16 from the field and missed all six of his 3-pointers as LA was eliminated in the first round for the second consecutive season. The Clippers answered with an 11-2 run to get within 13 but never seriously threatened a big comeback in the final minutes.
Doncic, who also has dealt with illness in addition to a sore knee, started 0 of 7 from 3-point range to drop below 25% for the series but made his first try of the second half to start the third-quarter surge.
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