The first round of the playoffs continued, with the West facing a battle of focus, with the Lone Rangers heading on the road to challenge the Jazz.
In the first two games of the series, the fourth Lone Ranger saved only one home court due to Doncic's absence due to injury, and the Jazz returned home with a 1-1 score.
However, from the G2 matchup, the Lone Ranger has gradually taken control of the situation, and Doncic's injury is recovering, although it will be absent from the G3 competition, but plans to return in G4, so the Jazz must win the G3, otherwise the team will be in a huge predicament.
As soon as the game began, Mitchell suddenly shot outside, helping the team to play a 3-0 start, after which the two teams began a tug-of-war, and the Lone Ranger gradually opened the score with the fiery feel of the outside line.
On the other hand, the Jazz's overall offensive efficiency is limited, scoring only 20 points in a single quarter, and the Lone Ranger ends the first quarter with a 7-point lead.
In the second quarter, the Lone Ranger's outside feel is still very hot, the point difference has also been pulled to double digits, and with the Lone Ranger scoring 4 three-pointers at the end of the quarter, at the end of the half, the Lone Ranger still achieved a huge 17-point lead.
The Lone Rangers continued their fiery form, and under the leadership of Brunson and Dinwiddie, the team still maintained a double-digit lead.
Fortunately, at the end of the quarter, Mitchell stood up, constantly impacted the inside line to create damage, successfully narrowed the point difference to single digits, and the Lone Ranger only had 6 points left to lead in the third quarter.
Entering the final quarter of the scramble, the Jazz, led by Mitchell, briefly forced the point difference to only 1 point, but then Dinwiddie and Brunson stepped forward in succession to help the team carry the most difficult stages, and finally the Lone Ranger successfully defeated the Jazz 126-118 on the road in doncic's absence, rewriting the series score to 2-1.
It is worth mentioning that this is the first time in the past 6 years that the Lone Rangers have won at home to the Jazz.
The Mavericks have suffered 11 straight losses at home to the Jazz, and the last time they won at Salt Lake City was in April 2016.
This game is also crucial for the entire series, meaning that the Lone Ranger will most likely be able to finish after the G5 returns home, because Doncic is about to return in G4, and so far in his career, Doncic can average 33.5 points, 8.8 rebounds, 9.6 assists and 1.3 steals in the playoffs.
Referring to the performance of two players in the Lone Rangers guard line, Brunson exploded with 31 points and 5 assists, and Dinwiddie also handed over 20 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds and 3 steals.
The Jazz's defensive ability to defend the guard, with Doncic's return, is almost impossible to limit the MVP-level defender.
In addition, Kleber 17 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Bertans 15 points and 2 rebounds, Finney 14 points, 8 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 assists, Bullock 12 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, Josh Green 12 points, 6 assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals, in the face of his teammates' multi-point blossom performance, Doncic grabbed the camera strongly and frantically swung his fists on the sidelines to celebrate.
What makes the Jazz even more desperate is that the team's performance in this game is not bad, the core Mitchell shot 10 of 21, got 32 points and 6 assists, although the three-point shot was only 1 of 8, but the overall performance has been a big improvement compared to the previous two games.
In addition, Bojan also handed over 24 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, Conley had 21 points, 6 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals, and Clarkson handed over 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
Gobert, who had almost fallen out of the offensive system, shot all six of the game and handed over 15 points and 7 rebounds, but even so, the team still failed to hold the first game at home.