The NBA playoffs are less than a week away, and the Western Conference already has a banger of a matchup ready to go in the No. 4 vs. No. 5 matchup between the Los Angeles Clippers and Dallas Mavericks.
Los Angeles has home-court advantage in this series, but oddsmakers have this set at a pick’em in the opening series odds, a sign that we could be looking at this series going the distance.
Dallas made a major run to close out the season, jumping from a play-in team to the No. 5 seed. With MVP candidate Luka Doncic leading the way, can Dallas take down the Big 3 of James Harden, Kawhi Leonard and Paul George?