Doncic and Irving score 33 points each to take Dallas within one win of NBA finals

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The Dallas Mavericks beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 116-107 on Sunday night for a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals

Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving scored 33 points apiece and the Dallas Mavericks made all the big plays late again, beating theThe Mavericks closed with a 14-3 run, winning their fifth consecutive playoff game. The victory came despite the Mavs’ rookie center, Dereck Lively II, being forced out of the game in the second quarter with a sprained neck after he took an accidental shot to the back of the head from Karl-Anthony Towns.“We need one more , nothing’s done,” he said after the game.

“The whole series we’ve struggled to close games … these three minute games we’re playing, we’re losing,” he told reporters after the game. “They tried to double me the whole game, they tried to double Ky, that just makes us better,” said Doncic. “Everybody touches the ball, everybody plays ... We come down the stretch and execute.”

 

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