Burke and Hardaway help Dallas Mavericks tie series in OT

While it might have been the Luka Doncic show, two former Michigan basketball players came up big in Game 4 of the first-round.

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While it might have been the Luka Doncic show, certainly his Dallas Mavericks teammates from Ann Arbor played a key part in the Texas-based team evening the series with the Los Angeles Clippers.

With Kristaps Porzingis out with knee soreness, the duo of Tim Hardaway Jr., and Trey Burke needed to help out star shooting guard Doncic if the Mavs had a chance to tie the first-round of the NBA Playoffs series at two apiece.

And boy, did they deliver.

Doncic put up an impressive triple-double, with 43 points, 17 rebounds and 13 assists — including the buzzer-beating overtime winner — but Burke and Hardaway were magical, as usual. Burke spelled starter Seth Curry for much of the game, playing 37 minutes and all of overtime save for the last 9 seconds. Off the bench, Burke scored 25 points, including some key shots down the stretch. Hardaway managed 21 points in 35 minutes of play.

As usual, Burke had some national highlights, especially when he put Clippers star Kawhi Leonard on skates at one point.

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