After successfully reaching the playoffs as the fourth seed in the West, the Lone Rangers sat at home and ushered in the first round of the fifth-place Jazz team in the West.
In terms of the Lone Rangers, Doncic is absent due to injury, and whether the Lone Rangers, who lack the "main backbone" in this campaign, can defend the home field will obviously face great challenges and tests.
On the other hand, on the Jazz side, the main players are in full swing, and whether the Jazz can seize the opportunity to win the first playoff win has undoubtedly become a major attraction of this game!
However, after 4 quarters of fighting, with the excellent performance of Bojan + Clarkson, the anti-away Jazz team, in the first half, they overpowered the Lone Rangers and occupied the initiative on the court.
Although after returning from the second half, Brunson + Dinwiddie in the third quarter continued to exert their strength, leading the Lone Rangers to bite the score all the way, always controlling the point difference in single digits, retaining the suspense of the game.
But in the last minute of the final battle, Mitchell felt hot, Royce O'Neal hit a key three-pointer, the Jazz established a 6-point lead, and the Lone Rangers repeatedly failed to hit, only to lose.
The Jazz, who finally withstood the pressure, also beat the Lone Ranger 99-93 on the road, which was worth the trip and also won the playoffs at the same time!
Rushing to the away game in this game, the Jazz can be described as a multi-point blossom, and the whole team played a team attack with 4 people scoring in double figures and all the soldiers.
In the case of conley + Gobert + Clarkson and other main forces, each performing their duties, the play of the two major players Mitchell + Bojan is particularly critical!
In this game, Mitchell went low and high, and in the first half, mitchell ushered in an explosion to score 30 points, bombing a game-high 32 points, plus 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 1 block all-around performance.
Among them, in the third quarter, he scored 19 points in a single quarter, not only led by example, leading the team to withstand the pressure of the Lone Rangers' points, but also almost single-handedly ended the suspense of the game!
Of course, the Jazz were able to beat the Lone Rangers in this game, and the performance of the team's ace Bojan also played a crucial role.
Bojan was very efficient, starting 39 minutes, shooting 2 three-pointers on 11-of-20 shooting, and contributing 26 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal.
In the second quarter, he single-handedly scored 12 points of the key play, helping the Jazz to smoothly open the situation at the same time, but also for the Jazz to win the first playoff victory, made a great contribution!
On the other hand, on the lone team's side, the team reversed the defeat in this game, and finally lost by 6 points, and the performance of the game that fell behind 0-1 in the first round of the playoffs was obviously disappointing to the home fans.
But rationally speaking, for the Lone Rangers, this battle, the team is not completely without highlights and gains, after all, the two main forces of Brunson + Dinwiddie in this game are indeed remarkable!
Brunson played well, starting 39 minutes and scoring a team-high 24 points on 9-of-24 shooting, plus seven rebounds and five assists.
And this game against the Jazz, Dinwiddie also felt hot, the whole game handed over 22 points + 4 rebounds + 8 assists + 1 steal of the full performance!
Although it failed to help the Lone Rangers defend their home stadium, there is one thing to say, the excellent play of Brunson + Dinwiddie in this campaign has indeed brought great pressure and trouble to the Jazz!
Only in the absence of Doncic, facing the fiery Mitchell + Bojan, the Lone Ranger team who worked hard for a whole game but failed seemed to have no choice but to accept the reality of the big score of 0-1.
For Lone Ranger head coach Kidd, after suffering a loss in the first game of the playoffs, I believe that Kidd will miss his apprentice Doncic very much at this moment.
As for whether Kidd can adjust in the next G2 battle and lead the team to equalize, we seem to have to wait and see!