With their victory against the Miami Heat on Wednesday night, the Dallas Mavericks secured their fifth-ever Southwest Division title. They also secured a first-round playoff meeting with the Los Angeles Clippers for a third time in their previous five years.
Dallas Mavericks performed a defensive clinic en route to a 111-92 rout of the Miami Heat on the second night of a road back-to-back. This is something they have been doing frequently over the last month. Dallas achieved its second 50-win season in 3 years and won its sixth division title in the team’s history.
Irving said, “We know the job isn’t finished and we’re just getting started. We’ve done it in the regular season, that’s good and dandy, but now this is where the grown-ups start to use their IQ, start to use their emotional intelligence, their physical intangibles, and may the best man win.”
Irving added, “It means a great deal, because that was the first time I had dealt with failure at that type of level. Part of the human experience is not negotiating with yourself about what you want to achieve, it’s just going after it and I think that’s what we did this season.”
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Dallas Mavericks Are Locked In to Compete in the Playoffs
Dallas Mavericks are thrilled to be back in the postseason, but they haven’t come close to reaching their ultimate objective, which is a championship. Every member of the club knows this. Daniel Gafford, channeling the late, great Kobe Bryant, said on Tuesday in Charlotte that “the job’s not done,” a notion that Irving repeated on Wednesday in Miami.
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Dallas Mavericks’ first-round playoff series losses to the Clippers in 2020 and 2021 came in six and seven games, but a lot has happened since then. Even though Paul George, James Harden, and Kawhi Leonard are all excellent players, they are no longer spring chickens. Leonard has missed the previous five games for LAC due to knee discomfort.
Doncic isn’t the only player for the Dallas Mavericks anymore. With Irving as his real co-star, No. 77 now has many athletic role players at his disposal. These guys have helped the Mavs become the league’s best defense during the last eighteen games, during which Dallas has gone 16-2.
Dallas Mavericks will start their playoff run against an old foe, the Clippers because they have the star power, overall roster talent, and all the momentum in the world. The Mavs’ projected seeding, No.4 or No.5, remains to be determined as per the NBA Standings.
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