Clippers Mavs Game 5 Takeaways

A look at some of the biggest takeaways from Game 5 between the LA Clippers and Dallas Mavericks.

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00:00The Los Angeles Clippers got things back on track and beat the Dallas Mavericks soundly

00:04154-111 in a pivotal game 5 to take a 3-2 series lead. I'm joined now by Farbad Esmashari from

00:13All Clippers and Mike Fisher from Dallas Basketball. Farbad this was a huge win by

00:17the Clippers as it was an all-around team effort and a turnaround performance from

00:22the slumping Paul George. What were your takeaways from this big win?

00:26It just felt like this was the game they needed to have and they were on the path to having it

00:32last game in game four and this is exactly what they need to do. They trapped Luka, they had

00:36better defense, better spirit and just seeing Paul George get the ball in the hole is probably

00:41a relief for every Clipper fan in the world. All right Mike I gotta go to you. This was a

00:47back-breaking loss with a hobbled Luka Doncic pausing his scratch again and head coach Rick

00:53Heil getting ejected in the third quarter. What do the Mavs need to do to get things back on track

00:59and avoid being sent home from the bubble? Yeah and not literally back-breaking but it was every

01:04other body part that seemed broken for the Mavericks and I think the point about emotion

01:10is a critical one here. Doc Rivers after that last game said we the Clippers we were weak-minded

01:17and it seemed to me that he may have gone to his bench here and said we need you to be 20,000

01:22people in the gym and we need you to even be an irritant and I think the Mavericks found it to be

01:27an irritant obviously without Chris Jobs Porzingis that's a little irritating as well for Mavs

01:33watchers and then Luka Doncic clearly laboring on one leg and that's troublesome as well. The

01:39reason that you look forward to thinking that the Clippers win game six is by the numbers. All they

01:44would have to do now is be 40 games poorer, 40 points poorer I'm sorry than they were tonight

01:50and they'd still win. Yeah tough game for the Mavericks. Mike Farbaugh,

01:54thanks so much for joining me appreciate your insight on this.