On May 3, Beijing time, the Western Conference semifinals G1 continued to play, and the Phoenix Suns' battle against the Dallas Mavericks was underway. The first half ended with the Suns leading the Mavericks. However, in this game, the two sides are full of gunpowder.
In the first quarter, Booker jumped on the big hat Brunson's layup, followed by a technical foul in a rage. However, in the first quarter, Booker's performance was extremely good, he had 13 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block on 4-of-8 shooting, which was very eye-catching.
In the second quarter, Suns forward Crowder kicked his right foot forward in the air while shooting, hitting Doncic's crotch, and Then Doncic fell to the ground in pain. Through replays, the referee blew a penalty for Claude's first-degree malicious foul.
However, in the first half, the Suns still showed the team's super offensive firepower, even when the Lone Ranger narrowed the point difference to only 5 points, but Paul continued to take 5 points from the middle distance + super difficult back to stop the Lone Ranger.
In the first half, Paul played 13 minutes, shot 3 of 4, had 7 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, although the score was not high, but Paul's plus-minus +24 ranked first on the team. Booker scored 15 points, and Ayton shot 9-of-12 and blasted 19 points.
So, in the first half, the away Mavericks didn't seem to have much to do to catch up, even though Doncic had already scored 26 points.