Clippers beat Mavericks by 118-108

Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Dallas Mavericks 118-108 in the third match of the series in the Western Conference. With this match, the Clippers trail the Mavericks by 2-1 in the best of seven series. The 4th match will be played on Sunday and the 5th on Wednesday in Los Angeles. This was the first playoff match at home since April 2016 for the Mavericks where a crowd of over 17000 has gathered up for the game.

The fans were left disheartened when the Mavericks blew the first-quarter lead of 19 points as the Clippers came back into the series crawling. Luka Doncic scored 44 points, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists. On the counter to that, Clippers had Kawhi Leonard with 36 points and 8 rebounds, Paul George with 29 points and 7 boards, and Marcus Morris Sr. adding three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter.