The Dallas Mavericks took it to the Los Angeles Clippers 127-114 in a Game 2 upset victory Wednesday night in the bubble. Luka Doncic led the way for Dallas with 28 points, eight rebounds, and seven assists to even up the Western Conference first-round series 1-1.
Doncic scored 42 points in Game 1, giving him 70 points total in the series. That’s good for the most points in a player’s first two playoff games in modern NBA history (George Mikan scored 75 points in his first two games in 1949).
Luka Doncic has 70 points in his last two games.
That's the MOST points of any player through their first 2 career playoff games in NBA history.#MFFL pic.twitter.com/WX1iNEN1KP
— CBS Sports HQ (@CBSSportsHQ) August 20, 2020
The Clippers entered this series as huge favorites; they even entered Game 2 as the NBA title favorites. But with Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis (who had 23 points and seven rebounds in Game 2), the Mavericks are a dangerous squad. After the Game 2 win, Doncic said that the TNT Inside the NBA crew should be saying that the Mavericks “got a chance.”
“They should be saying, ‘We got a chance.’”@luka7doncic has a message for the Inside crew. pic.twitter.com/gKnsrOXdNB
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) August 20, 2020
Don’t doubt the 21-year-old superstar.
