The LA Clippers eliminated the Dallas Mavericks in Game 6 of their first-round series behind a strong outing from Kawhi Leonard.
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00:00 The Clippers have eliminated the Dallas Mavericks with a 1-11-97 Game 6 win behind another impressive
00:06 playoff performance by Kawhi Leonard.
00:09 Joining me now to break it down is our Clippers reporter Farbad Esna Shahari.
00:13 And Farbad, the Clippers almost lost a big lead late, but Lawlord's Law holds true.
00:18 The first to 100 did win this one.
00:20 What did you like about what you saw from the Clippers tonight?
00:23 You know, in the first half I really, really liked the ball movement.
00:27 They finally figured out how to stop shooting so many iso jumpers over and over.
00:31 And I did like that they closed out the game with Avicii's Zubats.
00:34 I really do think if they want to go far in the playoffs, they have to start closing games
00:38 with him because you can clearly see the defense is on a different level when they have a legitimate
00:43 rim protector and Zubats.
00:46 All around, it almost became a repeat of Game 4, 12-30 game, blown 20-point lead.
00:52 But fortunately for the Clippers, they closed out and playoff Kawhi went full playoff Kawhi.
00:57 Now, six games of being challenged by this pretty terrific Mavs offense.
01:02 How much of a quality test was this for this Clippers team as they pursue the franchise's
01:07 first NBA title?
01:09 I think everybody needs to give the Dallas Mavericks much more credit.
01:13 I don't think many people expected us to go six, especially without Porzingis.
01:17 And the fact that they even pushed today's game the way they did without Porzingis is
01:21 pretty fantastic.
01:22 I think the Mavs are maybe like two, three and D guys away from legitimately contending
01:28 for an NBA championship because their offense is already historic and now they just need
01:32 to up the defense a bit.
01:34 All right, well the Mavs will head back to Dallas as the Clippers will advance to the
01:38 Western Conference Semifinals where they'll face the winner of the Jazz Nugget Series.
01:43 Farbadeh Znishari, thank you so much for taking the time.
01:46 Thanks for having me.
01:46 You bet.
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