Doncic put Rudy Gobert on skates to hit a game-winner with three seconds left.
Luka Doncic is a bad, bad man, and on Friday night, his playoff legend grew a little more. Doncic put Rudy Gobert on skates on the team’s final possession of the game to knock down a game-winning stepback three, and as a result, the Dallas Mavericks picked up a 109-108 win to give themselves a 2-0 series lead over the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference Finals.
LUKAAA ???? pic.twitter.com/Gf30ye0emm
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After letting homecourt advantage slip away in Game 1, Minnesota looked like it was going cruise to a blowout win during the first half of Game 2. With Doncic looking a little banged up and Kyrie Irving struggling to impose himself in the first half, the Wolves were able to open up a lead of as many as 18 points in the second quarter to get the home crowd at the Target Center rocking.
Anthony Edwards block ➡️ Rudy Gobert slam!
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ANT IS COOKING EARLY ????
10 1Q points for Edwards!
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Mike Conley for 3⃣!
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KAT drives baseline and finishes over two with touch!
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NAZ REID IS ON FIRE ????
12 PTS, 4 3PM… all in the 1st half!
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TIMBERWOLVES ARE ROLLING ????
Another Anthony Edwards (13 PTS) triple ????
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While the lead got to 58-40, Dallas was able to get into a bit of a rhythm to close out the first half. It wasn’t much — only an 8-2 run to close the period which saw the Timberwolves make one shot from the field in the final 4:27 — but it was just enough to get the deficit down to something more manageable, and instead of wondering if Doncic and Irving would get to rest up during the fourth quarter, the Mavericks went into the locker room down by 12.
Luka Doncic ↗️ Daniel Gafford!
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Luka finds Lively for the emphatic alley-oop jam ????
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