Dallas Mavericks rookie center Dereck Lively II made a bit on NBA history on Thursday night.
Lively finished Game 5 a perfect 3-3 from the field.The Mavs rookie did not miss a single shot from the field in the Western Conference Finals.Lively finished the series 16-16, which makes him the first player to shoot 100% from the field in a playoff series on that many attempts.It's not the only record he set on Thursday night.
In Game 3, he took a blow to the back of the head from Minnesota's Karl-Anthony Towns straining his neck.Lively missed Game 4 in the series, only to return in the closeout game. He took another blow to the head on a flagrant foul from the Wolves' Naz Reid.The 20-year-old Lively has been a standout for the Mavs throughout the regular season and especially the postseason.The center lost his mother, Kathy Drysdale, after a decade-long battle with cancer this April.
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