Full coverage: Mavericks, Luka Doncic take Game 5 over Clippers in blowout

A crucial Game 5 of the Mavericks-Clippers first-round playoff series is in the books.

Find game updates below after the Mavericks cruised to a road win over Los Angeles with the series now headed back to Dallas for Game 6 on Friday at American Airlines Center.

Postgame stories

— 5 thoughts from Mavericks-Clippers Game 5: Dallas seizes control of series in rout

— Luka Doncic, sick and injured? Mavericks star’s Game 5 vs. Clippers was best of series

Final: Mavericks 123, Clippers 93

The Mavericks roll to a blowout Game 5 road victory. Luka Doncic led the way with 35 points. The Mavericks are one win away from dispatching the LA Clippers, advancing to the second round of the NBA playoffs and meeting 1-seed Oklahoma City.

2:30, fourth quarter: Mavericks 118, Clippers 86

This one is on ice. The Mavericks are going to leave LA with a 3-2 series lead. Jason Kidd has removed Doncic and the other starters with two minutes left and the Mavs up big.

7:25, fourth quarter: Mavericks 99, Clippers 72

Clippers coach Tyronn Lue calls timeout as the Mavs roll to a 27-point lead, their biggest lead of the night.

End of third quarter: Mavericks 89, Clippers 69

Paul George sank two 3-pointers in the final minute to narrow the chasm Dallas opened in the third quarter, but a Mason Plumlee foul on Josh Green, who hit a 3-point shot and converted the free throw for a four-point play. The Mavericks doubled their halftime lead to go up by 20 heading into the fourth quarter.

4:24, third quarter: Mavericks 73, Clippers 52

Maxi Kleber hits a fifth trey after the Mavs capped a 14-0 run with an incredible sequence that ended in a Derrick Jones Jr. dunk and had Doncic and Kyrie Irving smiling as they went to the bench for a TV timeout.

End of first half: Mavericks 56, Clippers 46

The lead changes continued through the second quarter, with the Mavs surging ahead with help from four 3-pointers by Kleber.

Doncic had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and Daniel Gafford had 8 points and 2 rebounds.

End of first quarter: Mavericks 25, Clippers 24

The teams went back and forth in a first quarter that saw over a dozen lead changes.

1st quarter (4:47 remaining): Game 5 is off to a hot start, with both teams shooting over 50% into the first media timeout. The Mavericks hold a 19-17 lead to start. Doncic has an early six points.

Pregame updates

8:45 p.m.: The Mavericks have announced tonight’s starting five: Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving, Derrick Jones Jr., P.J. Washington and Daniel Gafford.

Pregame reading

— Mavs’ Luka Doncic still has significant knee, congestion issues entering pivotal Game 5

— 4 things Mavs can do to win Game 5 vs. Clippers: Lob efficiency, early aggression and more

— Mavs’ Dante Exum not concerned with shooting ‘lows’ of first round series vs. Clippers

— Can hobbled Luka Doncic power Mavericks through NBA postseason’s changing of the guard?

— Paul George talks mean mug in Mavs-Clippers Game 4, celebrating wild 4th-quarter 3-pointer

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