Suns vs Mavericks

Bombing away from deep and stepping up their defensive intensity, the Dallas Mavericks stunned the Phoenix Suns in back-to-back games to tie up their ...

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The top seed Phoenix Suns beat the No. 4 Dallas Mavericks at home, 110-80, taking a 3-2 lead in the Western conference semifinals.

The Suns outscored the Mavericks, 26-20, in the second quarter. The Suns are on a 10-2 run that tied since the 7:24 mark. Phoenix's Devin Booker is off to a solid shooting performance with the current game-high 12 points (5-of-7 and 2-2 FTs) points. Booker leads all scorers with 24 points, and has scored eight in the third. The Suns and Mavericks' respective All-Stars Devin Booker and Luka Doncic tied the game-high 28 points each. That was capped off by Devin Booker's left slot area 3-point shot after Mikal Bridges got a steal from an pass toward Luka Doncic inside the right wing, then the Mavericks called a timeout. The Suns have had major contributions from their bench, which has outscored the Mavericks' second unit 25-15. There were three lead changes late in the second quarter after the Suns took their first lead of the game at 42-40 with 3:33 left to play before the break. Phoenix had seven of their nine total steals in the thid Dorian Finney-Smith met Booker in mid-air and clobbered him, and Booker was slow to get up. The Suns are a 6.5-point favorite in the game against the Mavericks on Tuesday, according to Tipico Sportsbook. As the Suns led Dallas, 68-50, Booker drove down the left lane past Mavericks' sixth man Maxi Kleber and went up for a layup.

The Phoenix Suns have watched their 2-0 series lead over the Dallas Mavericks flip to a 2-2 tie in the Western Conference semifinals matchup.

“Just accepting it, not just out there being physical, out of character. Just accepting second efforts from your opponent and embracing it and trying to outplay them at the same time. Series is tied, it’s back to 0-0 to be honest. “I got to get back to Game 1, period,” Ayton told reporters following shootaround on Tuesday. “I’ve been feeling like that, just got to get back to Game 1 and accept hard. He also had a block over 33 minutes. Phoenix still holds homecourt advantage but must come out of Tuesday’s battle with a victory to continue that trend.

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... F Dorian Finney-Smith was called for a flagrant 1 after a hard foul on Booker in the third quarter. ... Williams dropped backup G Cameron Payne from the playing rotation after two ineffective games in Dallas. ... The Suns hosted a sellout crowd for a 32nd consecutive game. The Mavericks led for a majority of the first half before Booker's baseline jam tied it at 40-all with 3:47 before halftime. He missed a big chunk of the first half after picking up two quick fouls. Biyombo played 21 solid minutes for the Suns, adding seven points and six rebounds. Phoenix's Bismack Biyombo and Dallas' Marquese Chriss were both ejected in the final seconds after exchanging words. Booker scored 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the field. “In the last two games, our pace was very good. Mavs coach Jason Kidd called for a timeout, but it did little to stop the onslaught. The Mavs shot just 38% from the field. The Suns took a hard-fought 49-46 lead into halftime. Phoenix opened up the second half on an 11-4 run, highlighted by Booker's two 3-pointers, for a 61-50 lead.

Suns guard Devin Booker made a dig at Mavs guard Luka Doncic by laying on the court after a foul and calling it "The Luka Special."

As he got up, the All-Star laughed and said, “The Luka special.” It was a dig at Mavericks guard Luka Doncic and his ability to get fouls calls by selling contact, especially after Booker popped right back up after getting hit in the head earlier in the series. Devin Booker called it the "Luka Special" after getting fouled and lying on the floorpic.twitter.com/Y78CSggDAH

BOTTOM LINE: The Phoenix Suns look to clinch the series over the Dallas Mavericks in game six of the Western Conference second round. The Suns defeated the ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Phoenix Suns look to clinch the series over the Dallas Mavericks in game six of the Western Conference second round. Devin Booker led the Suns with 28 points, and Luka Doncic led the Mavericks with 28 points. The Suns are 39-13 in conference play. The Suns defeated the Mavericks 110-80 in the last meeting. Dallas Mavericks (52-30, fourth in the Western Conference) Phoenix Suns (64-18, first in the Western Conference) vs.

The No. 1 seed Phoenix Suns and No. 4 seed Dallas Mavericks face off on Thursday in Dallas in Game 6 of their NBA Playoffs series.

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The Mavericks had 12 turnovers in the third quarter, and the Suns took full advantage.

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The Phoenix Suns got back to their brand of basketball and it was the face of the franchise that got them there.

Being able to defend and the one [area] that was at a really high level tonight was being able to guard the ball in 1-on-1 situations.” Brunson registered 21 points to go with Doncic’s 28 and Davis Bertans’ 10 made him the third and final Maverick in double figures. That worked to perfection, ruining the Mavericks’ assist number to only nine in the game and forcing 12 of Dallas’ 18 turnovers in that third quarter alone. “We had a great deal of focus on the gameplan, personnel and rebounding was something, even if we didn’t come up with the board, I thought we had three, four guys in the paint scrapping for the rebound,” Williams said. Paul was 3-of-8 from the floor for seven points and 10 assists. “Landry, in his minutes, he’s shown that he can guard and stay in front of the ball a lot better than most people think, so that helped him,” Williams said. Biyombo and Cam Johnson were right there with the tremendous defensive effort in those second and third quarters. Shamet went on to play the best 19 minutes he has yet in a Suns jersey through excellent defense and confident on-ball play. Coach is coming in with the adjustments and we make ’em and we follow ’em,” Booker said. Mikal Bridges made Dallas star Luka Doncic feel him in a way he hadn’t all series, and through that, his scoring came along for the ride too. That didn’t immediately translate on the scoreboard until the second half when it was a dam-breaking shockwave. Williams had an animated speech after the game’s first timeout in the first quarter when he told his group the energy levels weren’t terrible but not nearly good enough for as big of a game as this one.