The Dallas Mavericks of Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, authors of 66 points for two, beat the Minnesota Timberwolves again 116-107 Sunday May 26, 2024 at home to lead 3-0 and get seriously close to the NBA Finals.
Dallas finds itself in the Western Conference Final in the same very comfortable situation as Boston in the East, which leads 3-0 against Indiana before Game 4 on Monday.
Dallas therefore once again won a closely contested match, at the end of a fourth quarter which saw seven changes of leader.
The infernal duo of the “Mavs” made the difference at the very end of the match, helping Dallas to inflict a 12-3 on the Wolves to end the game.
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The Minnesota leaders have once again disappointed in this series.
Anthony Edwards scored 26 points but only 4 in the last quarter. Karl-Anthony Towns (14 points) missed his 4 shots in this last period.
French pivot Rudy Gobert was discreet offensively with 9 points and 6 rebounds.
Doncic said the Wolves’ efforts to contain him fueled the rest of the team.
« They tried to defend with two on me the whole game, on +Ky+ (Irving) too, it just makes us better (by freeing his partners). Everybody can touch the ball, play, and man, it’s an incredible victory “, he commented.
For Minnesota coach Chris Finch, his team has especially sin in attack.
« We have to be able to score at the same times as them. Since the start of the play-offs we have had difficulty at the end of the matches. »
2024-05-27 06:47:12
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