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NBA Playoffs LISTEN: LeBron James Powers Lakers Past Grizzlies; Heat Stun Bucks

The Mavs Step Back Podcast keeps you up to date with everything going on in the NBA playoffs, as well as everything happening with the Dallas Mavericks as they wait for the May 16 draft lottery.
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NBA Playoffs LISTEN: LeBron James Powers Lakers Past Grizzlies; Heat Stun Bucks
NBA Playoffs LISTEN: LeBron James Powers Lakers Past Grizzlies; Heat Stun Bucks

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With the Dallas Mavericks sitting at home twiddling their thumbs for the postseason, the Mavs Step Back Podcast is committed to keeping listeners up to date with everything happening in the NBA playoffs as everyone awaits the highly-anticipated draft lottery on May 16.

On Monday night, the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat both took 3-1 leads in their first-round series in thrilling fashion. LeBron James hit clutch shots at the end of regulation and in overtime to give the Lakers a 117-111 win over the Memphis Grizzlies, and Jimmy Butler poured in 56 points to give the Heat a 119-114 win over Giannis Antetokounmpo and the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks.

James, who is 38 years old, became the oldest player in NBA history to record a 20-point, 20-rebound playoff game, surpassing Wilt Chamberlain, who did it at 36 years old.

Today’s episode recaps both of those games at length, looks ahead to Tuesday’s NBA playoffs slate and also discusses the latest going on with the Mavs. Stay tuned for Wednesday’s episode, where we’ll recap more playoffs action and look ahead to what Luka Doncic must improve on heading into his sixth season.

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DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.

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