Mavs Step Back LIVE: Doncic Delivers In Game 1 Win Over Clippers

On Mavs Step Back LIVE, host Dalton Trigg is joined by guests on the Locker Room app to discuss Luka Doncic's big night and the Mavericks' thrilling Game 1 win over the Clippers.

Dalton Trigg | May 22, 2021

Mavs Step Back LIVE: Doncic Delivers In Game 1 Win Over Clippers /

For the first time in a decade, the Dallas Mavericks were able to secure a Game 1 playoff victory with an impressive 113-103 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on the road.

The underdog Mavs, led by young superstar Luka Doncic, won every single quarter in Saturday's contest and didn't play with one ounce of fear or nervousness. This series is far from being over, but it was nice to see the Mavs come out strong and set the tone early. With the Mavs playing extremely motivated, and the Clippers potentially battling previous postseason demons, Dallas could be playing with house money the rest of the way.

On this episode of Mavs Step Back LIVE, host Dalton Trigg is joined by a couple of return guests on the Locker Room app to discuss the Mavs' thrilling and encouraging Game 1 win over the Clippers. Doncic was fantastic, notching his third triple double in just seven career playoff games. Doncic in the only Maverick to ever put up a triple double in a playoff game. The guys talk about how his much-improved midrange game is going to be key to Dallas being able to complete the first round upset.

Doncic also got a lot of consistent help in this one from Dorian Finney-Smith, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Jalen Brunson, who made his NBA Playoffs debut and made several clutch plays in the fourth quarter. Kristaps Porzingis didn't have a great game by his standards, but he closed the game out well and should be primed for a bounce-back performance in Game 2 on Tuesday night.

It makes us feel pretty good that the Mavs were able to steal Game 1 with KP not playing as well as he could have.

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Published May 22, 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.