LOS ANGELES – Luka Donu010diu0107 and Kyrie Irving combined for 55 points, and the Dallas Mavericks received some major contributions from their role players en route to defeating the Los Angeles Clippers, 96-93, on Tuesday night at the Cyrpto.com Arena.
The victory gave the Mavs a 1-1 split of this best-of-seven Western Conference first-round playoff series. The Mavs hope to keep up the momentum from Tuesday’s win when they go home to play Games 3 and 4 on Friday and Sunday, respectively.
Donu010diu0107 finished with 32 points, nine rebound and six assists, and Irving added 23 points and six rebounds as the Mavs made amends from Sunday’s 12-point loss in Game 1 of this series.