Tim Hardaway Jr. and Kristaps Porzingis rescued a tiring Luka Doncic with consecutive 3-pointers inside the final three minutes Wednesday night and the visiting Dallas Mavericks survived a frantic Los Angeles Clippers rally for a 105-100 victory and a 3-2 lead in their Western Conference first-round playoff series.
Doncic finished with a game-high 42 points, helping the Mavericks record the series’ fifth consecutive victory by the road team.
Game 6 in the best-of-seven is scheduled for Friday night in Dallas.
Returning to the site of their surprising wins in Games 1 and 2 of the series, the fifth-seeded Mavericks led most of the way, including by as many as 16 points early i…
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