Mavs Step Back LIVE: How Doncic & Porzingis Can Upset Clippers

On this episode of the Mavs Step Back LIVE, Dalton Trigg and Matt Galatzan are joined by their colleague Grant Afseth to discuss the Dallas keys to upsetting the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the NBA Playoffs.

Dalton Trigg | May 19, 2021

Mavs Step Back LIVE: How Doncic & Porzingis Can Upset Clippers /

Once your team makes it to the NBA Playoffs, anything is possible when you have one of the top-5 players in the league. The Dallas Mavericks might not be pushing out t-shirts that say "The Time Is Now" like they did during their epic 2011 championship run, but this team has a fighting chance against any opponent on any given night when Luka Doncic is healthy and rested. So why not dream a little?

The Mavs might be underdogs to the Kawhi Leonard and Paul George-led Los Angeles Clippers, but they also have a lot of things to be optimistic about as well, including Doncic getting a full week of rest prior to the postseason grind, Kristaps Porzingis making it to this series with no major injuries, and having players like Tim Hardaway Jr. and Dorian Finney-Smith really find their grooves towards the end of the regular season.

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Avoiding the play-in tournament also gives head coach Rick Carlisle a full week to focus on his team's familiar opponent.

On this episode of Mavs Step Back LIVE, Dalton Trigg and Matt Galatzan are joined by their DallasBasketball.com colleague Grant Afseth to discuss the key factors to a potential Mavs first round upset over the Clippers in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. The guys also take questions from listeners throughout the show as well:

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Published May 19, 2021

DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.