![]() ![]() The sequence started with Gobert’s putback dunk. Jazz: Utah wiped out a five-point deficit in the final minute of of the first quarter to tie the game at 24. … You can’t fluctuate whenever, not even when (Doncic) is in or out. “Yeah, the 5-of-5 start is great, but I had the same mentality when I was 0 for 5 last game, or whatever. Just stepping into certain shots,” Brunson said. “I’m just playing how the defense is giving me, just seeing how they’re defending certain things. Kidd said before the game that the 23-year-old All-Star was making progress, “definitely going in the right direction” and doing more each day.īrunson, who had 24 points when the Mavs lost 99-93 in Game 1, made his first five shots - with three 3s - in the first 6 minutes. And that’s something that we’ve done before.”ĭoncic was still out because of a strained left calf he suffered in the regular season finale eight days earlier. “And when those passes are kicked out, I thought we weren’t as sharp mentally in our ability to rotate. “The telltale is we can’t have Brunson have the night he had and also be able to kick the ball out for those looks,” Jazz coach Quin Snyder said. Royce O’Neale then hit a tying 3-pointer and Mitchell made a short jumper to put Utah back in front before Kleber’s back-to-back 3s. “At the end of the day, we’re happy we took a game and go back and take care of business.”ĭallas had led only once in the second half until a 10-0 run capped by a go-ahead 3 by Finney-Smith and a jumper by Brunson. We’re going to go home, and we’ve got to take care of business. “We tried to go out there and take both (games). Rudy Gobert had eight points and 17 rebounds. The other 40-point scorers were Doncic, Dirk Nowitzki, Rolando Blackman and Nick Van Exel.ĭonovan Mitchell had 34 points for Utah, while Bojan Bogdanovic had 25 and Jordan Clarkson 21. He is the first Mavericks player to do that without committing a turnover. It’s going to be a hostile environment.”īrunson, the starting point guard with Doncic out, became the fifth Dallas player to score 40 points in a playoff game. “We understand what’s in front of us, what’s coming. But we were only focused on tonight,” Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said. “We did what we had to do, which was win tonight. Game 3 is Thursday night in Utah, where Dallas has lost its last 11 games. “The mindset is we know they’re going to leave certain guys open to shoot. “I started this morning, I was talking to (Dorian Finney-Smith) and I told him, ‘Doe, I’m going to let 10 3s fly tonight.’ And he said, ‘That’s my dog.’ And that kind of set the tone for the day,” Kleber said. ![]() Kleber, who had made only 19% of his 3-point attempts since the All-Star break, was 8-of-11 from beyond the arc and put the Mavs ahead to stay with 4:21 left, then added another 3 on the next possession. ![]()
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