Credit: AFP - Scanpix
Credit AFP - Scanpix

Kevon Looney shocked the Dallas Mavericks with a career-high 21 points, Stephen Curry went for a team-high 32 and the Golden State Warriors erased a 19-point deficit en route to a 126-117 (25-32, 33-40, 25-13, 43-32 victory Friday night in San Francisco for a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.

Player of the Game
Kevon  Looney
EFF
30
Kevon Looney
Points 21
Accuracy 10-14
Rebounds 12
Assists 2

Luka Doncic rebounded from a playoffs season-low 20 points with a game-high 42 and the Mavericks connected on 21 3-pointers, but combined they weren't enough to prevent heading home without a win in the best-of-seven series.

The scene shifts to Dallas for Games 3 and 4 on Sunday and Tuesday.

Coming off a 112-87 shellacking in Game 1, the Mavericks buried 15 3-pointers in the first half and led by as many as 19.

The advantage was still 79-64 with 7:06 remaining in the third quarter before the Warriors exploded.

The game-turning spurt began with a 19-6 run at the end of the third period to close the gap to two. Looney and Jordan Poole each contributed five points to the spurt.

Golden State took the lead for good when Otto Porter Jr. opened the fourth quarter with a 3-pointer, and the hosts didn't stop there. The Warriors built a 99-92 advantage by completing a 16-7, quarter-opening run in which Porter (seven), Poole (five) and Looney (four) did all the scoring.

The Mavericks got no closer than five after that.

Looney, whose previous career-high of 19 came in the 2019 playoffs against the Los Angeles Clippers, hit 10 of his 14 shots and also found time for a game-high 12 rebounds. The double-double was just the second of his postseason career.

He and Curry got plenty of help. Poole finished with 23 points, Andrew Wiggins 16, Klay Thompson 15 and Porter 11 for the Warriors, who shot 56.1 percent for the second consecutive game.

Doncic shot 12-for-23 overall and 5-for-10 on 3-pointers for the Mavericks, who improved from 36.0-percent shooting in Game 1 to 47.4 percent in the rematch.

Reggie Bullock hit six 3-pointers to account for almost all his 21 points and Jalen Brunson five on a 31-point night, helping the Mavericks rebound from an 11-for-48 effort from beyond the arc in the opener to hit 21 of 45.

Doncic also accumulated a game-high eight assists, while Dorian Finney-Smith collected a team-high eight rebounds to complement 10 points.

Warriors: Stephen Curry 32 (5/11 2PT, 6/10 3PT, 8 REB, 5 AST), Jordan Poole 23 (5/6 2PT, 2/4 3PT, 7/7 FT, 5 AST), Kevon Looney 21 (10/14 2PT, 12 REB), Andrew Wiggins 16 (2/9 2PT, 3/5 3PT, 5 REB, 5 AST), Klay Thompson 15 (5/6 2PT, 5 AST), Otto Porter 11 (7 REB, 4 AST).

Mavericks: Luka Doncic 42 (7/13 2PT, 5/10 3PT, 13/15 FT, 5 REB, 8 AST, 3 STL), Jalen Brunson 31 (6/12 2PT, 5/7 3PT, 7 REB, 5 AST), Reggie Bullock 21 (6/10 3PT), Dorian Finney-Smith 10 (3/6 3PT, 8 REB).

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Golden State Warriors
Dallas Mavericks
56%
46/82
Field goals
47%
37/78
51
Rebounds
38
33
Assists
22
4
Steals
7
26
Fouls
20
50%
14/28
3-pointers
47%
21/45

Best players

Stephen  Curry
32 PTS
11/21 FG
4/4 FT
Luka  Doncic
42 PTS
12/23 FG
13/15 FT
Kevon  Looney
12 REB
7 DREB
5 OREB
Dorian  Finney-Smith
8 REB
6 DREB
2 OREB
Golden State Warriors
Few players
5 As
Luka  Doncic
8 As
2 TO
38 MIN
Kevon  Looney
30 EFF
71% 2P%
- 3P%
Luka  Doncic
41 EFF
54% 2P%
50% 3P%