NBA playoffs: Luka Dončić, Mavericks fend off Thunder in Game 2 to tie series

Brandon Knight

Luka Dončić and the Dallas Mavericks are back in it.

The Mavericks, after a blowout loss to kick off the series, powered past the Oklahoma City Thunder 119-110 on Thursday night at the Paycom Center. The win tied the series 1-1 as it heads to Dallas for Game 3 on Saturday night. It also was Oklahoma City’s first defeat in this year’s playoffs.

Dončić nearly had a triple-double and P.J. Washington erupted with a playoff-career high 29 points, including seven 3-pointers, to push the Mavericks to the win. Their 119 points was the most the Thunder have allowed this postseason after the top seed in the Western Conference flew past the New Orleans Pelicans in the opening round.

Mavericks hang on late

Dončić and the Mavericks came out hot in the first quarter, and he wen
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