On April 24, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs were in full swing, and the Jazz continued to play at home against the Lone Rangers. In the first 3 games, although the Lone Ranger lacked Doncic, Brunson continued to turn the tide and lead the team to a 2-1 lead, and the Jazz double star contradiction highlighted the passive, and Doncic ushered in a comeback.
At the beginning, Doncic was in good shape to lead the Lone Ranger to the main guest, Mitchell felt good on the outside to bite the score, Clarkson became a surprise soldier, and the inside and outside shots helped the Jazz rebound and expand the score. In the second quarter, the Lone Ranger's offensive end was repeatedly stalled, and Brunson was also very uncomfortable, Doncic retreated from the three-point pressurized whistle to throw, and the Lone Ranger trailed by 12 points at halftime.
Easy side, the lone ranger shooter group state recovered, successive outside shots chased to a difference of 1 point, but the Jazz immediately stabilized the situation with a small climax, Smith joined hands with Brunson to rain three points, the lone ranger rebounded by 3 points. In the last quarter, the two sides felt very tight and frequently hit iron, Clarkson can continue to play three-point firepower, the score has been glued, the key moment Doncic one inside and one outside cut 5 points in a row to grasp the initiative, Mitchell assisted Gobert after shooting himself 2 + 1, Dinwiddie killed three points out of the way. In the end, the Jazz narrowly defeated the Lone Rangers 100-99, and the score was 2-2.
Doncic returned to the first game of 21 shots 11, cut 30 points, 10 boards, 4 assists and 2 breaks, plus-minus of the team's high +7, but the military training Gobert blasted into the key three points, still difficult to win the match point. Brunson's aura weakened, scoring 23 points, 5 boards and 3 assists on 7-of-18 shooting. Powell conceded a good game, scoring 11 points and 7 boards on 5-of-8 free throws, and finally losing all two free throws.
Clarkson became a Jazz Wizard, contributing a team-high 25 points and 4 boards, Mitchell 23 points, 7 boards, 6 assists and 2 assists, Gobert 17 points and 15 boards, and Bojan 12 points, 4 boards and 2 assists.