Curry, the Warriors took a 3-0 lead over the Mavericks with a 109-100 victory

DALAS – Stephen Curry scored 31 points, Andrew Wiggins added 27, and Luka Doncic himself, and the Golden State Warriors defeated the Dallas Mavericks 109-100 on Sunday night and increased the score 3-0 in the Western Conference Finals.

Clay Thompson scored 19 with a pair of big three-pointers in the fourth quarter when the Warriors moved on to victory after returning to the NBA Finals, three years after five consecutive trips that brought three championships.

Golden State, which beat Portland in the last West final in 2019 before Toronto won the title, is going for a sweep in Game 4 on Tuesday in Dallas. Neither team won 3-0 to win the NBA playoff series.

Doncic scored 40 and won the first quarter with a 32-foot game that forced the crowd to go home with the Mavericks again, trailing 2-0, as they did against Phoenix, seeded with the best seed before winning the semi-final series. West ”in seven games.

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But that bucket that caused the chemistry was a breakout on a difficult night from the 3-point range for the Mavericks, who missed their first seven and finished 13th out of 45.

Reggie Bulak and Maxi Kleber, two long-range experts in Dallas, missed all 12 of their 3 together and got 0-15. Both were left without points, offsetting Spencer Dinwidi’s 26 points from the bench. Jalen Branson scored 20.

In the middle of the fourth quarter, Wiggins’ dunk over Doncic was considered a foul in the offensive. The Warriors were challenged, and the decision was a random contact between Wiggins and Doncic, so Golden State led 93-83.

About a minute later, Wiggins, who made 11 rebounds, quickly moved down the right baseline for the next throw after Curry’s miss when the Warriors increased their NBA record, the 26th straight in a row in which they won at least one away game.

One of the three-pointers Dinwidi led Dallas to five points when left 1:15, but Jordan Poole responded with one from the left flank just at the last minute.

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WHAT HAPPENED?

The most tense moment in the series came at the end of the first half corner 3 from Curry finished the series 8-0 this put the Warriors ahead by a point and helped them come forward 48-47. And that embarrassed Curry.

Curry ran the length of the court with her tongue out after Dallas set a timeout. As he turned to his bench, Curry walked past Doncic with teammate Juan Tuscan-Anderson nearby.

Doncic did not seem to appreciate what Tuscany-Anderson said, and headed to the bench at Golden State before officials, coaches and players from both teams intervened. Meanwhile, Drayman Green and wounded Dallas security guard Tim Hardway Jr. exchanged troubles about 45 feet apart.

After the timeout, you could see Curry saying, “What happened?” and approached Doncic to talk about it. The exchange ended with Green being a peacemaker with Doncic.

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PARAVED

Warriors: Green received a technical foul, his second in the series, after a lengthy conversation with officials Mark Davis when he was called for a breach of the rear zone as he hastily tried to retreat behind the line in the center of the field to catch Curry’s long, unexpected pass. The crowd howled at the technical and finally got it. A few seconds later Green was called for his first foul and he didn’t like it. But he directed his complaint to his own bench, not to the judging panel. … Otto Porter Jr., who averaged 10.5 points with 82% of shots in the first two games, was lame in the locker room in the first half and was ruled out due to pain in his left leg.

Mavericks: Bulak received the Karim Abdul Jabar Award for Social Justice. He was active in the LGBTQ + community. His sister, a transgender woman, was killed in 2014. Bulak has worked with several organizations in the Dallas area since signing as a free agent in the offseason and has long engaged in similar activities in his native North Carolina. … Dorian Feeney-Smith received a technical kick early in the second half for an elbow in Green’s back after a free-kick by Dallas.

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