The LA Clippers eliminated the Dallas Mavericks in Game 6 of their first-round series behind a strong outing from Kawhi Leonard.
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00:00The Clippers have eliminated the Dallas Mavericks with a 1-11, 97-game-6 win behind another
00:06impressive playoff performance by Kawhi Leonard.
00:09Joining me now to break it down is our Clippers reporter Farbad Esnah-Shahari.
00:13And Farbad, the Clippers almost lost a big lead late, but Lawlord's Law holds true.
00:18The first to 100 did win this one.
00:20What did you like about what you saw from the Clippers tonight?
00:24In the first half, I really, really liked the ball movement.
00:27They finally figured out a way to stop shooting so many iso jumpers over and over.
00:31And I did like that they closed out the game with Avicii's Zubats.
00:34I really do think if they want to go far in the playoffs, they have to start closing games
00:38with him because you can clearly see the defense is on a different level when they have a legitimate
00:43rim protector and Zubats.
00:46All around, it almost became a repeat of Game 4, 12-30 game, blown 20-point lead.
00:52But fortunately for the Clippers, they closed out and playoff Kawhi went full playoff Kawhi.
00:58Now six games of being challenged by this pretty terrific Mavs offense.
01:02How much of a quality test was this for this Clippers team as they pursue the franchise's
01:07first NBA title?
01:09I think everybody needs to give the Dallas Mavericks much more credit.
01:13I don't think many people expected this to go six, especially without Porzingis.
01:18The fact that they even pushed today's game the way they did without Porzingis is pretty
01:22fantastic.
01:23I think the Mavs are maybe like two, you know, three and D guys away from legitimately contending
01:28for an NBA championship because their offense is already historic and now they just need
01:32to up the defensive end.
01:33All right.
01:34Well, the Mavs will head back to Dallas as the Clippers will advance to the Western Conference
01:39semifinals where they'll face the winner of the Jazz Nugget Series.
01:43Farbad Aznashari, thank you so much for taking the time.
01:46Thanks for having me.