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The first highlight came late in the first half when Doncic drove all the way to the rim with Gobert guarding him, stopped and faked the 7-foot-1 center several times before turning his back to the basket and spinning a reverse layup off the glass and in as Gobert fouled him. Finney-Smith added 13, and Dwight Powell got the crowd going early with all eight of his points on 4-of-4 shooting in the first.ĭoncic, his left calf covered in a black wrap under white leggings, kept a raucous crowd rolling with several nifty moves and high-arcing 3-pointers. Jalen Brunson, who carried most of the offensive load for Dallas when Doncic was sidelined, scored 24 points.

There's going to be always attention, but it was nothing. Finney-Smith and Bullock also got technicals, and Bullock was ejected because it was his second of the game. Whiteside was assessed two technical fouls after shoving Dorian Finney-Smith and going nose-to-nose with Reggie Bullock as coaches from both sides frantically tried to keep players separated. Whiteside challenged an attempted dunk and flung Doncic to the court after they got tangled up. They’ve made us uncomfortable.”ĭoncic had already matched Utah's entire output in the third quarter with 19 points when he returned midway through the fourth. “It’s a lot to continuously run teams off the line, and they’ve done a good job of it. “They’ve scrambled extremely hard,” said Mitchell, who is shooting 20% from 3-point range after being well over 40% the past two playoff years. They were 3 of 30 from 3-point range (10%) and shot 38% overall.ĭonovan Mitchell, who averaged 30 points in the first four games, scored just nine and missed all seven of his 3-pointers before leaving with a left hamstring injury in the fourth quarter. Jordan Clarkson scored 20 points and Rudy Gobert added 17 points and 11 rebounds in the lowest-scoring game for the Jazz since they lost by 50 at Dallas (118-68) on Nov. Utah is in the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year, but has yet to get past the second round in that stretch.

The Mavericks haven't advanced in the postseason since winning the 2011 championship.

#Mavs vs jazz score series#

Game 6 is Thursday night in Salt Lake City, with the Jazz regaining their formidable home-court edge, but facing the long odds of just 18% of teams winning a series after dropping the fifth game when the teams split the first four. As we talk about rebounding, he's one of the best for us and he did that tonight.”Īfter the first four games were decided by eight points or less, Utah never had a chance after a nearly six-minute scoreless drought in the second quarter that fueled a 22-4 Dallas run on the way to a 52-36 halftime lead. “His conditioning, his effort on the defensive end. “For his second game, it looks like he’s been playing this whole series,” coach Jason Kidd said. The young Dallas superstar had 33 points and 13 rebounds while also being thrown to the court on a hard foul that led to Hassan Whiteside's ejection as the Mavericks routed the Jazz 102-77 on Monday night for a 3-2 lead in their first-round series.ĭoncic made his series debut in Game 4 at Utah, when the Jazz scored the last five points in the final 31 seconds for a one-point win that evened the series. DALLAS – Luka Doncic delighted the crowd in his first home playoff game coming off a calf injury.