The Golden State Warriors win Game-5 and eliminate the Dallas Mavericks, advancing to the sixth NBA Finals in the last eight years and the first since 2019. Decisive Klay Thompson with 32 points and 8 triples to sign, leader of a quintet all in double digits, Steph Curry wins the first MVP prize of the West Conference Finals. Nothing to do for Luka Doncic, who closes with the worst first half of his career in the playoffs and ends with 28 points, accompanied only by 26 from Spencer Dinwiddie
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