‘Believe Until the End’: Confident Doncic, Mavs Eying History vs. Warriors

Though no staff in NBA historical past has each come again from being down 3-0 in a playoff collection, this yr’s Dallas Mavericks absolutely imagine of their slim probabilities of rewriting the historical past books. Whether or not they’re in a position to pull it off or not, one factor has been made completely clear – Luka Doncic and the Mavs aren’t happening with out a struggle.

Dallas beat the Golden State Warriors in Recreation 4 of the Western Convention Finals at a leaky American Airways Heart on Tuesday night time, 119-109. Doncic, contemporary off being named to the All-NBA First Staff for the third consecutive yr, completed with a team-high 30 factors, 14 rebounds and 9 assists.

“We received to imagine,” stated Doncic. “I believe our protection was means higher right this moment. I believe we attacked the paint. These two issues are key. That is what we received to deliver to San Francisco.

“I imply, I nonetheless imagine we are able to win, you realize. Swept or not swept. In the long run, in the event you lose you lose. … Now we have to go recreation by recreation. We going to imagine till the top.”

On this live-recorded episode of the Mavs Step Again Podcast, Dalton Trigg is joined by a handful of Mavs fan listeners on Spotify Stay to debate all that occurred in Recreation 4, together with Dallas succeeding with extra off-ball motion on offense, Reggie Bullock and Maxi Kleber bouncing again in an enormous means and way more.

The fellows additionally sit up for Recreation 5 on Thursday night time at Chase Heart, because the Mavs look to tack on one more win. Can Dallas’ Recreation 4 success be replicated? May the Mavs probably develop into the primary staff in historical past to return again from a 3-0 collection deficit? In the event that they win Recreation 5, issues are going to develop into fascinating in a rush.

“We imagine it is only one recreation at a time. We did our half tonight,” stated coach Jason Kidd. “We discovered a strategy to win. The subsequent half is to discover a strategy to win on the street. Once more, we will not get forward of ourselves. It is nonetheless 3-1. We all know going into Golden State it is a robust place to win, however we have received there earlier than. We simply must proceed to care for the ball, make pictures.”

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