Jazz beat Mavs to spoil Doncic NBA return

A Rudy Gobert alley-oop dunk with 11 seconds left has given the Utah Jazz a 100-99 NBA play-offs win over the Dallas Mavericks which tied their first-round series at 2-2.

Spencer Dinwiddie missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer for Dallas.

Jordan Clarkson scored 25 points for Utah, Donovan Mitchell added 23 points and seven assists, while Gobert had 17 points and 15 rebounds.

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Dallas star Luka Doncic scored 30 points and added 10 rebounds and four assists in his return from a three-game absence because of strained left calf.

After going 3 1/2 minutes without a basket, the Jazz took a 95-94 lead on Mitchell’s lay-up with 1:27 remaining.

Doncic answered with back-to-back baskets to put Dallas up 99-95 and seemingly on their way to a decisive road victory.

Mitchell converted a three-point play to bring Utah within one before Dallas forward Dwight Powell missed a pair of free throws with 19.8 seconds left, opening the door for Gobert’s winner.

Game 5 is Monday night in Dallas.

In Toronto, Pascal Siakam scored 15 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter while Gary Trent Jr. added 24 points as the Raptors beat the Philadelphia 76ers 110-102 to a avoid a series sweep.

Game 5 is Monday night in Philadelphia. No team has come back from a 3-0 deficit to win an NBA playoff series.

Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid started despite a right thumb injury that required him to wear a brace, finishing the game with 21 points in 39 minutes.

“It’s painful,” Embiid said, of the injury he suffered in Game 3. “In basketball you need to use your hand a lot.”

Although coach Doc Rivers said the Sixers don’t believe the injury can get worse, Embiid was seen shaking his hand in pain several times on Saturday.

“It’s going to be something he’s going to have to deal with throughout the playoffs from this point on,” Rivers said.

“It’s not going to go away. He’ll get better and better at figuring out how to use it.”

Newly-crowned NBA rookie of the year Scottie Barnes had six points and 11 rebounds off the bench as Toronto overcame an injury to All-Star guard Fred VanVleet to stave off elimination.

Jazz beat Mavs to spoil Doncic NBA return
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