Luka’s showing, Mavericks’ bounce-back focus highlighted Game 5

After losing Game 1 10 days ago, the Mavericks were one point shy of sweeping the next four games from the Utah Jazz.

There’s nothing they can do about that 100-99 loss at Utah in Game 4.

But the way they came back from it is a wonderful sign that this season is going to last a little longer, even if this best-of-seven first-round series could still go the distance.

The Mavericks blew out Utah late Monday night 102-77 and it was easily their sharpest game of the series.

“We all understood what needed to be done – just stick together and regroup,” Jalen Brunson said of recovering from the heartbreaker in Utah. “They’re a team that’s going to try to bounce back as well. It’s going to be tough,…