Paul George scored 35 points, Kawhi Leonard added 32 and the Los Angeles Clippers rolled past the Dallas Mavericks 154-111 on Tuesday night to take a 3-2 lead in their first-round Western Conference playoff series. Montrezl Harrell added 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Clippers, who set a franchise record for points in a playoff game. Dallas coach Rick Carlisle was ejected in the third quarter of the testy game, which included six techincals and a flagrant-1 foul. The Nuggets trail the sixth-seeded Jazz 3-2 with Game 6 on Thursday. Donovan Mitchell finished with 30 points for Utah while wearing a pair of bright, multicolored shoes.

Source: The Standard August 26, 2020 04:07 UTC