That’s likely the mantra of the Dallas Mavericks entering Game 6 of their first-round best-of-seven playoff series against the Los Angeles Clippers. After all, even an elephant can remember what happened when the Mavs were faced with this same challenge – against this same franchise — in the first round of the 2021 playoffs.
That year, the Mavs took a 3-2 lead on the Clippers after winning Game 5 in Los Angeles. All the Mavs needed to do was win one more game and they would have advanced to the Western Conference semifinals.