LOS ANGELES – Luka Doncic’s 11th triple-double of the season propelled the Dallas mavericks to a 114-110 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Friday and into the NBA playoffs.
Doncic scored 20 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and handed out 11 assists and the Mavs held off a late challenge from the short-handed Raptors, whose seven absentees included stars Kyle Lowry, Pascal Siakam and Fred VanVleet.
Kristaps Porzingis scored 21 points and Dorian Finney-Smith drained two late three-pointers for the Mavs, who saw a 10-point lead midway through the fourth quarter dwindle to two points with 4.9 seconds remaining.
A pair of free-throws from Josh Richardson pushed the Maveric…
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