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Reggie Bullock made five 3-pointers while contributing 19 points
and seven rebounds for Dallas. Jalen Brunson added 18 points for
the fourth-seeded Mavericks, who outscored Phoenix by 24 points
over the final three quarters of the easy Game 6 win.
Deandre Ayton registered 21 points and 11 rebounds and Devin
Booker added 19 points on just 6-of-17 shooting for the
top-seeded Suns. Chris Paul had 13 points but committed five
turnovers while handing out just four assists.
The decisive Game 7 will be played Sunday in Phoenix. The home
team has won all six games in the series.
Doncic scored 11 first-quarter points to get the Mavericks
started. He topped 30 points for the third time in the series
and has tallied more than 25 in all six games.
Dallas committed just two turnovers over the first three
quarters and finished with seven. The Suns had 22 turnovers,
eight of them by Booker.
Spencer Dinwiddie added 15 points on five 3-pointers for the
Mavericks, who have won their three home games in the series by
an average of 15.3 points.
Dallas shot 45.5 percent from the field, including 16 of 39 (41
percent) from 3-point range. Frank Ntilikina had four steals and
Brunson had three as the Mavericks accumulated 16 overall.
The Suns made 39.7 percent of their shots and were 6 of 18 from
behind the arc.
Phoenix trailed 39-37 after Bismack Biyombo's inside hoop with
8:21 left in the first half before Dallas erupted.
The Mavericks scored the next eight points to move ahead by 10.
Later in the half, Maxi Kleber and Bullock hit consecutive
3-pointers to make it a 17-point margin before Dallas settled
for a 60-45 halftime lead.
The hosts rattled off eight straight points early in the third
quarter to increase the lead to 70-48 with 7:44 left. The margin
again was 22 at the end of the third quarter, 94-72.
The Suns moved within 100-84 on Paul's 3-pointer with 5:16
remaining, but Doncic answered with back-to-back baskets as the
Mavericks put the finishing touches on the rout with a 13-2
game-ending spurt.
--Field Level Media
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