New season, same story. That’s how defeat can be summed up Los Angeles Clippers from Dallas Mavericks in the first round NBA playoffs. Port of Dončić and company secured their ticket to the second round of the playoffs with a 114-101 victory in Game 6 in Texas.
Croatian national team player Ivica Zubac He had a double-double for the third time in this series. The Clippers center scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, but he could not save the Clippers from defeat and the slap of reality. Without a doubt, Zubac played his best playoff series in his career. He set a career high with 16.1 points (previously 12.8 points in a 4-2 loss to the Suns in the 2021 West Finals) with 9.3 rebounds.
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Port of Dončić he had 28 points and 13 points, a Kyrie Irving added 30 points to celebrate the Mavericks, who thus won the second three series against the Clippers in the last čfour seasons. In the second round, the Mavericks will play against Oklahoma City Thunderwhich in the regular season was the best team in the West, and swept in the first round New Orleans Pelicans.
And the Clippers will certainly look in the mirror this summer. The Clippers are still waiting for the big finals since Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are the main stars of the team, and considering that they are 32 and 34 years old and have a long history of injuries, the question is how patient owner Steve Ballmer will be. with them.
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Leonard played 68 games in the regular season and many expected him to finally be healthy for the playoffs, but that was not the case. He played two games in the series against the Mavericks in which he did not look like himself, and missed the rest due to knee problems.
Magic won the seventh game
In the clash of the same conference, Orlando Magic he won Cleveland Cavaliers 103-96 and thereby won the decisive, seventh game, which will be played in Ohio.
Donovan Mitchell he scored 50 points, but it wasn’t enough for the Cavs to win. Paolo Banchero scored 27 points with eight rebounds and four assists, a Franz Wagner he had 26 points, five rebounds and two assists for the Magic.
The seventh game will be played on Sunday at 19:00.
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