More Sports Basketball Basketball NBA roundup: Clippers thumps Mavs for series lead, Nuggets pips Jazz Montrezl Harrell added 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Los Angeles Clippers, which set a franchise record for points in a playoff game. AP 26 August, 2020 14:10 IST Los Angeles Los Angeles can clinch the series on Thursday. - GETTY IMAGES AP 26 August, 2020 14:10 IST Paul George scored 35 points, Kawhi Leonard added 32 and the Los Angeles Clippers rolled past the Dallas Mavericks 154-111 on Tuesday night to take a 3-2 lead in their first-round Western Conference playoff series.Montrezl Harrell added 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Clippers, which set a franchise record for points in a playoff game. Los Angeles can clinch the series on Thursday.Dallas’ Luka Doncic, who hit a game-winner at the buzzer in Game four to cap off a 43-point triple-double, was held to 22 points on 6-for-17 shooting. A prolific scoring performance with a franchise record 154 points in our game five win. @honey Highlights from Orlando. pic.twitter.com/jg1SQkAP5f— LA Clippers (@LAClippers) August 26, 2020 Mavericks center Kristaps Porzingis sat out with right knee soreness. It was the second straight game the 7-foot-3 Latvian missed.Dallas coach Rick Carlisle was ejected in the third quarter of the testy game, which included six techincals and a flagrant-1 foul.-NUGGETS beats JAZZ 117-107-Jamal Murray scored 33 of his 42 points in a second half where he played every minute and Denver Nuggets beat Utah Jazz to avoid elimination.The Nuggets traisl the sixth-seeded Jazz 3-2 with Game six on Thursday.Murray was unstoppable down the stretch in nearly matching his 50-point effort in Game four. He hit 17 of 26 shots and had eight assists, including a pass to Nikola Jokic for a three-pointer with 23.6 seconds remaining that sealed the win. | @BeMore27 Jamal couldn't be stopped (yet again) tonight! #MileHighBasketball pic.twitter.com/CtCIVfoLXh— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) August 26, 2020 Jokic scored 21 of his 31 points in the first quarter.Donovan Mitchell finished with 30 points for Utah while wearing a pair of bright, multicolored shoes. The sharpshooter is averaging 37.6 points over the five games. Subscribe to our daily newsletter Get your daily dose of Sportstar with handpicked stories delivered right to your inbox! SUBSCRIBE Please enter a valid email address.
Nikola Jokic Donovan Mitchell Jamal Murray Kristaps Porzingis Montrezl Harrell Kawhi Leonard Paul George Luka Doncic Denver Nuggets Utah Jazz