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Welcome to the Yahoo Sports NBA playoff tracker, your daily one-stop shop for all the latest game results from each NBA playoff series. Here’s a look at Tuesday’s games. Thanks to a huge second-half outing from Donovan Mitchell, the Utah Jazz have taken an early 1-0 lead over the Los Angeles Clippers. The Jazz rallied back from an early hole on Tuesday night to beat the Clippers 112-109 in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinals series at Vivint Arena. Mitchell finished with a game-high… Source link

Welcome to the Yahoo Sports NBA playoff tracker, your daily one-stop shop for all the latest game results from each NBA playoff series. Here’s a look at Sunday’s games. It took until Game 7, but Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers finally won a playoff game at Staples Center this season. The Clippers, thanks to a 28-point performance from Leonard and a massive run to close out the third quarter, finished off the Dallas Mavericks 126-111 to win the series 4-3 and advance to the Western… Source link

The Los Angeles Clippers live to fight another day. Behind another transcendent performance from Kawhi Leonard, the Clippers defeated the Dallas Mavericks 104-97 on Friday to stave off elimination and force a Game 7. Leonard, who was averaging 30.4 points per game in the series entering Friday, tied a playoff career high with 45 points (18-of-25 shooting, 5-of-9 from deep) with six rebounds and three assists. That included this dagger: That was Leonard’s biggest moment of the night, until he… Source link

At least one bettor is extremely confident in the Los Angeles Clippers‘ chances of forcing a Game 7 in their first-round series with the Dallas Mavericks. A bettor at BetMGM has placed a $69,300 wager on the Clippers -2.5 vs. the host Mavericks on Friday night. If the Clippers win by three or more points, that bettor will net $63,000. If the Clippers win by one or two or the Mavericks win, well, the book will be happy to keep that bettor’s money. The Mavericks lead the series 3-2 and can… Source link

We’re now two years removed from Kawhi Leonard’s decision to leave the Toronto Raptors after capturing the franchise’s first title and join the Los Angeles Clippers in pursuit of a championship in L.A.  Those aspirations haven’t exactly gone as planned. Despite tying their first round series 2-2 on the road against the Dallas Mavericks, the Clippers are (once again) on the brink of elimination after losing Game 5 on their home court Thursday night. To make matters worse, Kawhi and his… Source link

The fortunes of the two Los Angeles NBA franchises are on opposite ends of the playoff roller coaster, the pendulum swinging wildly over the past seven days. It was all good just a week ago for the Lakers, the proud champions who seemed poised to find stable ground after an injury-filled and draining season but now are at the doorstep for more trouble, tied with the Phoenix Suns after four games. The Los Angeles Clippers just pulled themselves from that doorstep, leaving the neighborhood of… Source link

The NBA playoffs often birth several familiar scenes. The Clippers being the Clippers. Chris Paul getting hurt. And now, Luka Doncic is entering the consciousness of certainties we’ll expect in postseasons to come, following yet another demolishing of the favored Los Angeles Clippers to take a 2-0 lead headed back to Dallas.  He used the Clippers as the perfect canvas for a sterling performance on the road, giving it to whomever wanted a piece of him and every which way, scoring 39 with seven… Source link

Welcome to the Yahoo Sports NBA playoff tracker, your daily one-stop shop for all the latest game results from each NBA playoff series. Here’s a look at Tuesday’s games. Clippers lose again as Mavericks return home up 2-0 Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks are returning home with a 2-0 series lead after defeating the Los Angeles Clippers 127-121 on Tuesday night at Staples Center. Doncic finished with 39 points, seven assists and seven rebounds as the Clippers had nothing defensively to slow… Source link

Perhaps the Los Angeles Clippers should burn sage all across the Staples Center, in their locker room, and extend it to homes and even cars. Because for all the positive vibes, roster depth and apparent health coming into the postseason, the franchise that can never get it right needs a cleanse after it finds itself facing a seemingly win-or-else scenario in Game 2 of its first-round series against the Dallas Mavericks. Dallas predictably stole home-court advantage with a 113-103 win Saturday,… Source link

Welcome to the Yahoo Sports NBA playoff tracker, your daily one-stop shop for all the latest game results from each NBA playoff series. Here’s a look at Saturday’s games. Mavericks hold off Clippers behind Luka Doncic’s triple-double Luka Doncic picked up right where he left off last time he faced the Los Angeles Clippers in the playoffs. The Dallas Mavericks pulled out a 113-103 win over the Clippers in Game 1 of their first-round rematch on Saturday, behind a triple-double from Doncic. The… Source link