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.

Published : Aug 26, 2020 14:10 IST

Los Angeles Los Angeles can clinch the series on Thursday.
Los Angeles Los Angeles can clinch the series on Thursday.
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Los Angeles Los Angeles can clinch the series on Thursday.

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.

 

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.

 

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.

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