Mavericks win Game 3 without Dereck Lively, but injury status could make or break them

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The rookie’s health will be a factor in Game 4 and beyond, but NBA history is on Dallas’ side: No team has blown a 3-0 series lead.

Dallas Mavericks center Dereck Lively II dunks the ball past Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert during the first half in Game 3 of the NBA basketball Western Conference Finals on Sunday, May 26, 2024, in Dallas., Luka Doncic was listed as “questionable,” which was nothing new, even if Jason Kidd saying they’d wait to see how he looked in warm-ups was different. Like anyone believed Luka wouldn’t play. Monty Python’s Black Knight had more serviceable limbs.

Before Lively’s exit, Edwards didn’t look any more dynamic than usual in this series. He was just 4 of 11 from the field at the half. But, when it became clear in the third quarter that he wasn’t going to get as much resistance, he hit the gas.Ant’s eight-point third-quarter run – which included a hammer dunk that sent tremors, if not shivers, through the building – erased the Mavs’ carefully cultivated eight-point lead.

. Gassed by his third-quarter run, Edwards made only four of his team-high 26 points in the fourth. From P.J. Washington’s 3, which gave the Mavs a 107-104 lead, Luka and Irving took over, as usual.“It’s kind of cool. Doesn’t happen all the time.”

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