Luka Doncic scored 35 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, Dorian Finney-Smith hit seven 3-pointers en route to 21 points, and the Dallas Mavericks outlasted the visiting Los Angeles Clippers, 103–101, on Tuesday, Nov. 15.
Dallas dominated the first half, building a lead of as many as 25 points before intermission, thanks to suffocating defense.
The Clippers—playing the second leg of a back-to-back—shot a woeful 11–for–32 (34.4 percent) from the floor in the first half.
Los Angeles battled back coming out of the locker room thanks to a complete reversal in its field-goal shooting.
The Clippers went a blistering 23–of–32 (71.9 percent) from the floor in the second half and erased the deficit entirely when Nicolas Batum connected on a 3-pointer with 4:12 left in the game that gave the visitors an 89–87 lead….