Luka’s triple threat

LUKA Doncic was not about to let a sprained ankle slow him down, nailing a gamewinning three pointer at the buzzer to lift the Dallas Mavericks to a 135-133 overtime playoff win over the Los Angeles Clippers.

The 21-year-old, who was playing with a tender ankle and missing his sidekick Kristaps Porzingis, finished with 43 points, 17 rebounds and 13 assists, to level the first-round NBA Western Conference playoff series at 2-all.

“This game was from another planet,” Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said of Doncic’s heroics.

Doncic made a basket with 50 seconds left to tie the scores 130-all then gave Dallas a two-point lead with a spinning move to the basket with 19 seconds remaining.

He capped his triple-double with a 27-foot step-back jumper from the left side as time ticked down, sparking a wild celebration on the floor in the NBA’s quarantine bubble in Orlando, Florida.

“I can’t explain the emotions I had when I saw the ball go in,” Doncic said.

“When I saw the whole team coming towards me, that was one of the best feelings I have ever had as a player.”

The winner of the series is

likely to meet Utah Jazz, which grabbed a 3-1 lead against Denver on the back of Donovan Mitchell’s 51-point effort. Mitchell, who scored 57 in game one, joined Michael Jordan and Allen Iverson as players with multiple 50point games in a playoff series. Boston became the first team to reach the second round with a 110-106 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.

Kemba Walker scored 32 points and Jayson Tatum added 28 and 15 rebounds for the Celtics, who swept the Eastern Conference firstround series 4-0.

The Celtics will face the defending NBA champion Toronto Raptors, who moved onto the next round after sweeping the Brooklyn Nets.

Norman Powell scored a career playoff-high 29 points and the Raptors won their series with a dominating 150-122 victory. Serge Ibaka added 27 points for Toronto.