Game 7 thrashing: Doncic, Mavericks dominate Suns, win by 33 (and it wasn’t that close)

Looking back on an epic Game 7 blowout, it’s hard to find one image, one statistic that sums everything up. Maybe it was:

• Chris Paul and Devin Booker started 0-of-11 shooting while Luka Doncic was 9-of-12. • The halftime score of Doncic 27, Suns 27 (the Mavericks as a team had 57). • That the Suns were 3-of-14 from 3 and 5-of-20 in the paint in the first half. • The fact the Mavericks poured it on in the third and led the game by as many as 46.

Or maybe it’s this: For the second year in a row, the Suns led a series 2-0 and found a way to lose it.

Booker: “It was a good old fashioned ass whupping, from beginning to end.”

— Vincent Goodwill (@VinceGoodwill) May 16, 2022

The 64-win Suns, in a season that may have been their best chance to win a title with this core, simply didn’t show up for Game 7 at home. There’s no other way to put it.

Luka Doncic showed up and scored 35 points on 12-of-19 shooting, 6-of-11 from 3, plus grabbed 10 boards to lead a 123-90 blowout win from the Mavericks.

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