On April 22, Beijing time, the Lone Ranger defeated the Jazz 126-118 to win the G3, leading 2-1. Luka Doncic continued to miss the game due to injury, Kidd continued to use the starting lineup of the previous game, the Lone Rangers suppressed the Jazz at 51 points in the first half but scored 68 points, Mitchell scored 18 points in the third quarter to help the team close the 11-point gap, and the Jazz narrowed to 2 points in the last quarter but was pulled away to 10 points, and finally the Lone Rangers refused to reverse. In addition, the Lone Ranger ended his 11-game away losing streak against the Jazz.
Statistics
On the Jazz side, Mitchell had 32 points and six assists, Bojan had 24 points and six rebounds, Gobert had 15 points, seven rebounds and one block, Conley had 21 points and six assists, and Clarkson had 14 points and three rebounds.
The Lone Rangers side brunson had 31 points and five assists, Dinwiddie 20 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds, Smith 14 points and 7 rebounds, Bullock 12 points and 6 rebounds, Kleber 17 points and 3 rebounds, Berttens 15 points, Josh Green 12 points and 6 assists.
Tidbits of the arena
The pre-game Lone Ranger warm-up is to try the logo shoot, and without losing, the Lone Ranger's strong three-point ability is really not covered.
Before the game, Jazz owner Wade and the star donovan Mitchell greeted each other, and the two had a good conversation.
Seeing the whole team hit three consecutive points, Lone Ranger boss Cuban stood up and applauded the team.
Lone Ranger star Dirk Nowitzki also cheered on the team on the sidelines, and it was still calm to see that the team's attack was very good.
With 8 minutes and 08 seconds left in the second quarter, Gobert wrestled with Kléber under the basket, and the referee gave Gobert a technical foul, and Gobert had trash words in his mouth.
The Star of the Field
Highlight moments
Josh Green drew the defense to Smith's downward dunk.
Bullock hit two consecutive three-pointers in the second quarter with a whistle-pressed three-pointer.
Dinwiddie held the ball outside to attract the defense, and Josh Green saw that Gobert could not come up and directly pulled out three points.
Brunson's extreme maneuver, he faced O'Neal's defense under the basket using dreamy footsteps to complete the up-and-down jump shot.
Dinwiddie's breakthrough layup was rejected by Whiteside's big hat.
Conley breaks through to face the two-man bag clip to give Gobert an empty back buckle.
Good thing is to face Bertans' defense one step past to complete the one-arm dunk.
Clarkson's breakthrough attracted Kléber's defense to Whiteside, and the big white side completed the big play of clipping Kleber.
Dinwiddie faced Gobert's defense in the third quarter and he jumped straight up to dunk Gobert, and this ball Gobert fouled, Dinwiddie completed 2+1.
Mitchell finally regained his touch in the third quarter and won back face for Gobert, who clipped Bertans.
Game review
Mitchell hit a three-pointer at the start of the first quarter, Brunson hit from mid-range, and Brunson hit two more mid-range shots. Clarkson was replaced and scored consecutively on the basket to score the Jazz 9-8. Kléber, who hit eight three-pointers in the last game, came on with two more three-pointers to help the Lone Ranger back, and Kléber hit another three-pointer and pulled away to stop the Jazz by five points. Josh Green also hit a three-pointer, Brunson made a foul and the Lone Ranger opened with three points in the first quarter to lead by seven points in a single quarter (27-20).
The Lone Ranger opened the second quarter with another 4-0 stretch to 11 points, with Bertans hitting a three-pointer and Josh Green hitting another three. Clarkson a mid-range, Conley scored four straight points, the Jazz won six points in the second quarter but still trailed by 11 points. Mitchell missed another consecutive shot after coming on the field, Conley then scored eight consecutive points, but the lone ranger Bertans scored two more three-pointers (12 points in a row), and the halftime lone ranger had four people scored in double figures, and Brunson led the team to lead the Jazz by 17 points at 68-51. (The Lone Ranger had 13 of 25 three-pointers at halftime)
Easy side to fight again, Mitchell opened to complete 2+1, Powell made a mistake, Dinwiddie jailer Gobert also made a foul 2+1 success, Bojan made two consecutive three-pointers but Bullock returned the three-pointer, Gobert and Kleber hugged and was blown for a technical foul. Conley made a mistake on the layup and narrowed down to 14 points by Bojan. Mitchell finally hit a three-pointer, the Jazz on the small lineup Brunson broke through the foul to be challenged, the challenge was successful, Pascal 2+1 narrowed to 10 points. Mitchell clipped Bertans and then made consecutive fouls Mitchell's 18 points in a single quarter helped the Jazz close the 11-point gap. The Lone Ranger led by six points at the end of the third quarter at 97-1.
Mitchell made two fouls at the beginning of the final quarter, Dinwiddie also made two fouls, Mitchell broke through and then scored 4 points, the Lone Ranger missed three three-pointers, kidd called a timeout. Brunson faced Gobert's back-back hit, Conley threw a throw in response, Dinwiddie walked Incollable's three-point shot narrowed to 1 point, Dinwiddie met a 3-man defensive breakthrough hit, Dinwiddie named Mitchell and then pulled away to 5 points, Brunson broke through to 7 points, and Brunson continued to hit backwards. The Jazz missed four consecutive three-pointers, Smith hit a three-point shot to stretch to 10 points, and Dinwiddie hit a three-pointer, and the game came to an end.
Both teams started
Lone Rangers: Brunson, Dinwiddie, Bullock, Smith, Powell
Jazz: Mitchell, Watch, Bogdanovic, O'Neill, Gobert