Mavericks star Luka Doncic enters elite Kobe Bryant-led club with wild playoff feat
After nearly climbing back from a 31-point deficit and stealing a win away from the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 4, the Dallas Mavericks left no doubt in Game 5, routing the Clips by the final score of 123-93 in Los Angeles to take a 3-2 series lead. As usual, leading the way for the Mavericks was Luka Doncic, their MVP candidate and do-everything superstar who scored 35 points on 14-for-26 shooting despite playing with a bum knee that Doncic himself admitted would likely be sidelining him if it weren't the postseason. In this pivotal Game 5 Mavericks win, Luka Doncic not only outscored a Clippers trio of future Hall of Famers all by himself — Paul George, James Harden and Russell Westbrook combined for 28 points on an abysmal 8-for-36 shooting — he also made a bit of NBA history in the process, joining a very exclusive club that at this moment only has five high-profile members including Basketball Hall of Famer, the late Kobe Bryant, according to the NBA History Twitter account.
