NBA: Mavericks use 26-1 run to upend Warriors
Luka Doncic #77 of the Dallas Mavericks reacts during the first quarter against the Portland Trail Blazers at Moda Center on January 26, 2022 in Portland, Oregon. Steph Chambers/Getty Images/AFP
Dorian Finney-Smith tipped in his own miss to give Dallas the lead for good with 5:05 to play and the Mavericks used a 26-1 run to erase a 19-point, fourth-quarter deficit en route to a shocking 107-101 victory over the host Golden State Warriors on Saturday night in San Francisco.
Luka Doncic, the leading scorer among visitors in the three-year history of Chase Center, went for a game-high 34 points as part of a double-double with a game-best 11 rebounds for the Mavericks, who successfully rebounded from a loss at Utah on Friday night.
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23-1 Dallas run for the lead 🤯
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Stephen Curry finished with a team-high 27 points for the Warriors, who were attempting to build upon the momentum of a blowout win at Portland coming out of the All-Star break on Thursday night.
After leading by as many as 21 points and then 88-74 entering the final period, the Warriors got a 3-point hoop from Otto Porter Jr. and a layup from Damion Lee to extend the margin to 19 in the third minute of the fourth quarter before the Mavericks dominated the rest of the way.
Article continues after this advertisementThe go-ahead flurry began with a 16-0 run that featured seven points from Spencer Dinwiddie and six from Josh Green.
A free throw by Andrew Wiggins temporarily stalled the skid and increased the Golden State lead to 94-90 with 6:14 to go, but Finney-Smith buried a 3-pointer and then followed in his own interior miss to give Dallas the lead for good.
The flurry didn’t end there. When Luka Doncic dropped in a short jumper and Dinwiddie bombed in a 3-pointer, all of a sudden the Mavericks found themselves in command at 100-94 with just 1:43 to play.
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Curry kept Warriors hopes alive at 104-101 on a 3-pointer with 8.6 seconds left, but Doncic capped his big night with two free throws seven-tenths of a second later to ice the Mavericks’ fifth win in their last six trips to Golden State.
The Warriors missed 10 consecutive shots, including seven 3-point attempts, in their 8 1/2 minutes without a field goal. Curry went 0-for-3 in the drought, including 0-for-2 on threes.
Dinwiddie finished with 24 points off the bench, Finney-Smith 14 and Reggie Bullock 12 for the Mavericks, who shot 50.0 percent from the field and outscored the Warriors 39-33 on 3-pointers.
Curry completed a double-double with a team-high 10 assists, while Kevon Looney pulled a team-high 10 rebounds to complement eight points for the Warriors, who hurt themselves at the free throw line, where they were just 12-for-20.
Wiggins, who went just 2-for-5 at the line, wound up with 18 points and Gary Payton II 13 for Golden State, which had to go without Klay Thompson, out with an illness.
