On May 5, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, the Suns played at home to meet the Lone Rangers, the first half of the two teams tightly clamped on the score, the Lone Rangers led 60-58 in the half, Doncic bombed 24 points and 6 assists in the half.
The Suns were first in the league, eliminating the Pelicans 4-2 in the first round and the Lone Rangers in the West in fourth place, with a 4-2 win over the Jazz in the first round. In the first game between the two teams, the Suns firmly controlled the rhythm and won easily to take the lead, Doncic's 45 points became an empty cut, and the Suns' Booker, Ayton and Paul performed steadily.
Both teams were regular starting lineups, and the Suns came into shape very quickly as the first quarter came up, With Bridges scoring five straight points and Ayton scoring four points on the inside to make it 9-0. Doncic finally broke the scoring drought, and Booker scored 2+1 to give the Suns a 12-2 lead. The Lone Ranger's offense finally picked up, with Bullock hitting a three-pointer and Smith scoring on a layup to make it 9-14. Doncic carried the team's offense, and the Suns scored more points and always maintained the lead.
Doncic scored 2+1 and the Lone Ranger trailed 21-26. The Suns' rotational lineup performed mediocrely, with Dinwiddie hitting a three-pointer and the Lone Ranger biting the score, trailing 28-32 in the first quarter. Doncic scored 14 points in the first quarter, and at one point clashed with Crowder, with Ayton scoring nine points in a single quarter.
McGee scored first in the second quarter, the Lone Ranger's rotation lineup performed well and quickly narrowed the point gap, Bertans hit a three-pointer, Dinwiddie hit two free throws to reach the 38th draw, Bertans hit another three-pointer, Dinwiddie stopped jumping shot to score, and the Lone Ranger played a wave of 12-2, 43-38 to surpass the 5 points. The frequent whistles of the game made the players of both teams a little confused. The Suns quickly stabilized the situation, and Paul jumped to the top of the line to reach 43 draws.
Bertans felt hot today, hitting his third three-pointer, Crowder angrily pushed Doncic to eat a technical foul, Doncic hit two three-pointers in a row, Crowder also returned the three-pointer, the two teams clenched the score, and the half-time Lone Ranger led 60-58. Doncic had 24 points, four rebounds and six assists on 9-of-14 shooting in the half to prop up the team's offense, with Dinwiddie scoring 10 points and Bertans scoring nine points. On the Suns side, Crowder scored a team-high 15 points, the rest did not score in double figures, Ayton and Booker both had 9 points, and Paul had 8 points.