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Luka Doncic dapped up Travis Kelce after the Mavs beat Wolves 116-107 in Game 3 at the American Airlines Center.
Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving scored 33 points apiece and the Mavs made all the big plays late again, beating the Wolves to take a 3-0 series lead.
The Mavericks closed with a 12-3 run, winning their fifth consecutive playoff game after rookie center Dereck Lively II left with a sprained neck after taking an accidental shot to the back of the head from Karl-Anthony Towns' knee.
No team in NBA playoff history has rallied from 3-0 down. Game 4 is Tuesday night in Dallas.
P.J. Washington started the decisive run with a corner 3-pointer after Doncic passed to Irving, who sent the ball to Washington.
The co-stars took over from there.
Doncic hit a shot in the lane for a four-point lead, Irving sent the crowd into a frenzy with on a falling-down jumper and Doncic found Daniel Gafford for an alley-oop dunk and a 113-105 lead with 34 seconds left after Gafford blocked Mike Conley's layup attempt at the other end.
FULL STORY: https://www.wfaa.com/article/sports/nba/mavericks/mavs-beat-wolves-take-3-0-series-lead-2024-western-conference-finals/287-e923eca3-87ce-44cb-8532-76ac3ba2aab3