With their 98-96 Game 6 win over the Utah Jazz, the Mavericks have advanced past the first round of the playoffs for the first time in 11 years. But there’s...
— the Mavericks led in the fourth quarter in Footprint Center despite Doncic serving as a courtside spectator while recovering from left knee and ankle sprains.— but Dallas played with a significantly different roster a few days before starter Tim Hardaway Jr. broke his left foot and a few weeks before the surprise Kristaps Porzingis trade to revamp the rotation with ball-handler Spencer Dinwiddie and reserve shooter Davis Bertans.
Booker left Phoenix’s Game 2 against the New Orleans Pelicans on April 19 with a right hamstring strain, and returned Thursday night for the Game 6 closeout. The 25 year old has a history of hamstring issues, including a three-week absence earlier this season with a left hamstring injury, and played below his All-NBA-level standard with 13 points in 32 minutes of his first game back.
All-Star point guard Chris Paul has doomed the Mavericks already this season — and almost everyone else he’s faced in crunchtime. The Suns are 25-4 in clutch games Paul has played, when the 36 year old has shot 56.8% from the floor and logged an NBA-best offensive rating of 138.4 points per 100 possessions.
The Mavericks and Suns have already combined for five clutch wins this postseason, including each Game 6 Thursday night.The Suns selected star Arizona center DeAndre Ayton first overall that late June night, and two picks later, the Mavericks traded for the rights to teenage EuroLeague MVP Doncic at No. 3.
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