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Game 5: Can Mavericks get over the hump in knotted-up series

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Mavericks will be back in the Thunderdome on Wednesday night knowing exactly what’s waiting for them.

And what they need to do to grab the momentum in a playoff series that has been as unpredictable as they come.

Their priorities:

Stay poised. Figure out a way to make life harder on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. And get Kyrie Irving and Luka Donu010diu0107 rolling at the level we’ve come to know and love.

That last one is probably the trickiest of the three.

The Oklahoma City Thunder have made it clear that they want Irving and Donu010diu0107 to have zero clean looks at the basket.