Slovenian star Luka Doncic kept the Dallas Mavericks from losing a West Region Finals series unanswered by winning Game 4 against the Golden State Warriors 119–109 to delay the latter’s advance to the NBA Finals.

While no team in the league’s 75-year history has managed to catch up a 3-0 gap and win a playoff streak, Tuesday’s victory gave the Mavericks a glimmer of hope that the achievement could be achieved despite the challenge, especially since that the series is now moving to Warriors Stadium Thursday.

Doncic played a key role in ending the Warriors’ streak of 9-game wins in the Western Region Finals, a continuation of the 2017-2018 season when Stephen Curry and his colleagues won the title for the third time in four years. seasons, scoring 30 points on 14 rebounds for the tenth double-double in 14 Playoff games this season.

The Slovenian came close to a three-figure triple-double after also posting nine assists in a game he was heavily supported by Dorian Finney-Smith (23 points), Reggie Bullock (18 of six triples) and Jalen Bronson (15) . ).

The triplets were key to winning the Mavericks’ first game of the series, cutting the lead to 1-3 after 20 hits from outside the arc of 43.

The Mavericks seemed determined from the outset to try to delay the decision after they led their guest by 29 points, prompting Warriors coach Steve Kerr to rest his star Stephen Curry (20 points in a game) from the start of the last quarters to last 3.22 minutes before his throw after he returned hope to his team, cut the difference to 8 points 102-110.

But Doncic and Bullock thwarted the guests’ resolve when the former scored a devastating dunk and the latter added his sixth hat-trick of the match, allowing their team to take the match to a safe level.