Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving power Mavericks to Game 3 win that puts Timberwolves on the brink
NY Post
DALLAS — Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving scored 33 points apiece and the Dallas Mavericks made all the big plays late again, beating the Minnesota Timberwolves 116-107 on Sunday night for a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.
The Mavericks closed with a 14-3 run, winning their fifth consecutive playoff game after Dereck Lively II left with a sprained neck when the rookie center took 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.
“We just say one more, we need one more,” Doncic said. “Nothing done. They have an amazing team, so nothing (is) done yet. We’ve got to get one more, and then if we get one more, we need the rest.”
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.
There’s a reason why the Rangers brought in Jonathan Quick in the first place three years ago.
You could feel it up and down Madison Square Garden, especially across the first 35 or so minutes.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — You start with Matthew Schaefer because it is impossible not to start with Matthew Schaefer, because you cannot tell the story of how everything on, about and around the Islanders’ organization changed without starting with Matthew Schaefer.
Paolo Banchero stole this game — and Egor Dëmin’s glory.
LeBron James’ interest in golf has officially reached fever-pitch levels.
Kevin Stefanski dined but didn’t dash.
Cleveland is once again interested in an offensive-minded running the show.
The Jets have many, many decisions to make this offseason. One of the biggest is whether to re-sign running back Breece Hall, who is scheduled to hit free agency in March.
Josh Hart makes an impact in so many different ways.
Even on a day the Rangers got some positive injury news, they were blindsided by more bad luck.
Recently on the social-media site now called X — it’s so nasty they changed the name — someone asked this unhappy question: Which team has had the worst offseason?
The strategy was sad, but sound; anathema to competition, but reason to believe.
One of the NFL’s longest unions is no more.