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‘LETS GOOOO MAVS!’ – Fans react as Dallas Mavericks defeats Los Angeles Clippers and goes into semi-final

On Friday night Dallas Mavericks defeated Los Angeles Clippers by 114-101 as Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving both scored 28 points each. Here are the Twitter reactions to the news.

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On Friday night, the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Los Angeles Clippers by 114-101 as Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving both scored 28 points each. The Mavericks knocked out the Los Angeles Clippers as they booked their spot in the semi-final and will face the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Luka Doncic overcame another bad shooting night with his hurting right knee to achieve what the Slovenian superstar couldn't three years ago: defeat the Clippers in Dallas in Game 6 of a first-round series. The fifth-seeded Mavericks defeated the Clippers for the first time in three first-round appearances over the previous five seasons and will face the top seed, Oklahoma City, in the Western Conference semifinals on Tuesday night.

Los Angeles Clippers Paul George scored 18 points and 11 rebounds as they were without Kawhi Leonard. However, the Los Angeles Clippers were lacking as Kawhi Leonard was not available for the last two matches due to right knee inflammation. Leonard's knee discomfort kept him out of four of the six games of the series. He has now participated in four of the last 19 Clippers postseason games.

While his teammate James Harden scored 16 points and 13 points and missed six three-pointers, Norman Powell scored 20 points and Ivica Zubac scored 17 points and 11 rebounds which resulted in elimination for Los Angeles Clippers for the second consecutive season in the first round.

Dallas Mavericks have three days to prepare

In the third quarter of the game Los Angeles Clippers were leading by 35-20 but by halftime Dallas Mavericks tied the score by 52-52. Luka Doncic, who was struggling with sickness and a painful knee, began 0 of 7 from 3-point range, dropping below 25% for the series, but hit his first attempt of the second half to spark the third-quarter surge.

Before facing Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 in the semi-final Dallas Mavericks had three days to prepare for the match. However, they will wait for Maxi Kleber to recover as he got an injury on his right shoulder in the second quarter and did not return on the court.

Here are Twitter reactions to the news:

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