Luka Doncic had 15 of his 33 factors within the fourth quarter to carry the Dallas Mavericks to a 108-105 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Sport 1 of the Western Convention finals on Wednesday night time.
Kyrie Irving scored 24 of his 30 within the first half for the Mavericks, who trailed 102-98 after a 3-pointer by Anthony Edwards with 3:37 left earlier than an 8-0 run the Wolves didn’t cease till a tip-in with 10.5 seconds to go.
Jaden McDaniels had his third straight 20-plus-point recreation with 24 factors for the Wolves, however Edwards — who earned his first All-NBA choice previous to the sport, on the second crew — was stifled for 19 factors in a crew effort from the Mavericks. Karl-Anthony Cities wanted a late burst to get to 16 factors and completed 6 for 20 from the ground.
The star energy on this sequence is robust, and for the primary night time a minimum of the Mavericks acquired what they wanted from their main duo whereas the Wolves largely struggled to run the offense round theirs.
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Dallas had a 62-38 benefit in factors within the paint.
Cities got here to life with an extended jumper, a lob to Rudy Gobert for a slam and a 3-pointer on a 2-minute burst to offer the Wolves the lead again with 4:39 to go on the way in which to a 10-0 run that Doncic ended with a 3-pointer. P.J. Washington, who had 13 factors and 7 rebounds, hit from deep to place the Mavericks again in entrance with 1:56 to go.
Cities thought he tied the sport with a putback dunk on the following possession, however that was waved off for basket interference.
Edwards, who went scoreless within the third quarter, added 11 rebounds and eight assists.
Sport 2 is right here on Friday night time.