Luka Doncic scored 20 of his 36 points in the first quarter and the Mavericks advanced to the NBA Finals with a 124-103 rout of the Timberwolves on Thursday.
It's the third Finals trip in Dallas' history and the first since 2011, when the Mavs won the franchise's only NBA championship with current coach Jason Kidd playing point guard.
He seized control from the Mavs' opening possession of the night, scoring 12 points in the first 153 seconds and singlehandedly outscoring the Timberwolves by a 21-20 margin in the first quarter. He punctuated most of his buckets - including an off-dribble 3-pointer from the halfcourt logo -- by sneering toward courtside fans who drew Doncic's wrath.took his turn torching the Timberwolves' No. 1-ranked defense.
Doncic and Irving combined for 44 points in the first half, four more than Minnesota's total. The superstar duo combined to score or assist on 57 of the Mavs' 69 points in the half. It was one point shy of the largest halftime lead in Mavs playoff history. Dallas had a 30-point halftime lead in its road Game 7 rout of the top-seeded
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