Brutal reality check for ‘abysmally bad’ NBA contenders; superstar’s scary fall: Playoffs Wrap

Pelicans through to NBA Playoffs! | 02:28The Dallas Mavericks entered the playoffs as one of the NBA’s most in-form teams but looked a shadow of themselves in a 109-97 defeat at the hands of the Los Angeles Clippers .

Dallas got plenty of production from the usual suspects as Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic combined for 64 points but it wasn’t nearly enough as the Mavericks failed to get the kind of help they need from their improved supporting cast. The team as a whole had shot 9-for-40 from the field and 2-for-18 from deep at that point, with Harden again on a heater for Los Angeles as he led the way on 20 points.

The Celtics, draining a barrage of three-pointers, led 60-45 at half-time and extended that advantage to 91-74 by the end of the third quarter before taking their foot off the gas a little in the final period. Tatum, who had his first triple double in a playoff game, put up 23 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and provided 10 assists.

“It’s not the last time I’m probably going to get hit like that or fouled in this series. I wasn’t hurt.

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