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Los Angeles dropped the first two games of the
series before closing out with four straight wins to advance to
the conference finals. The Clippers moved on despite playing the
past two games without star forward Kawhi Leonard, who has a
sprained right knee.
Mann hit 15 of 21 shots from the floor, including 7 of 10 from
3-point range. He had never scored more than 25 points in a
regular-season game, and his previous postseason high was 13.
Paul George scored 28 points for Los Angeles while Reggie
Jackson added 27 points and 10 assists. Nicolas Batum
contributed 16 points on 6-for-9 shooting, and Patrick Beverley
had 12 points.
Donovan Mitchell scored 39 points, dished out nine assists and
grabbed nine rebounds for the Jazz. Despite playing with a sore
right ankle, he made 12 of 27 shots from the field, including 9
of 15 from beyond the arc.
Utah's Royce O'Neal put up 21 points and 10 rebounds, and Jordan
Clarkson also scored 21. Bojan Bogdanovic scored 14 points, and
Rudy Gobert had 12 points and 10 boards.
The Jazz led 94-91 entering the fourth quarter. The Clippers
trailed by 22 points at halftime but rallied with a 41-22
advantage in the third quarter.
Mann scored 20 points in the third to fuel the Clippers'
comeback. He averaged seven points per game during his second
regular season out of Florida State, from where the Clippers
drafted him No. 48 overall in 2019.
Utah led 72-50 at the half after Bogdanovic drilled a 3-pointer
with 29.9 seconds to go.
Mitchell hit a 3-pointer to increase Utah's lead to 25 points on
the first possession of the second half. George responded with a
cutting dunk less than 30 seconds later, starting an 11-0 run
that sparked the Clippers' comeback.
--Field Level Media
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