MINNEAPOLIS — After scoring 36 points in an electrifying 124-105 Game 5 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves, Kyrie Irving helped guide the Dallas Mavericks to the organization's first NBA Finals appearance since their 2011 championship run.
With a Game 5 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference Finals on Thursday, the Dallas Mavericks have advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2011.
“Inside the NBA” show’s Charles Barkley once predicted that the Minnesota Timberwolves would go on and beat the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference Finals.
Boston very well may win a game or two by double figures, but there will be a decided edge for the Mavericks when it is close.
The Dallas Mavericks are headed to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2011 after beating the Minnesota Timberwolves in five games in the Western Conference Finals.
The Dallas Mavericks did not fool around and finished the business in the Western Conference Finals by beating the Minnesota Timberwolves on their home floor in Game 5 on Day 39 of the 2024 NBA Playoffs on Thursday night. The Mavericks have made it to the NBA Finals once again for the first time in 13 years since winning the championship in 2011.
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The Dallas Mavericks' road to their 2011 NBA Championship is one for the books. After years of coming close but not quite making it, they finally clinched their first title.
Mavericks' two-way player Alex Fudge could become the first player in NBA history to win the NBA championship and the In-Season tournament in the very same season.
The ongoing playoffs have reinforced the fact that Luka Doncic feels at home when playing in hostile territory.
His impact was evident during the Mavericks' rout of the Timberwolves in the Western Conference Finals.
The 6-foot-7 guard just put the finishing touches on a five-game vanquishing of the higher-seeded Timberwolves, scoring 36 points — including 20 in the first quarter — on 14-of-27 shooting from the floor.
The Dallas Mavericks will have a little help as they try to close out the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 5.
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