On May 5, 2022, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and in the second game between the Suns and the Lone Rangers, the Lone Rangers were in a completely different state from the first game. Although they were still pulled away by their opponents to 10 points in the first quarter, they slowly regained their form, and only four points behind their opponents in the first quarter. In the second quarter of the game, they suddenly broke out, Doncic hit three three-pointers in a single quarter, and the whole team scored a high score of 32 points in a single quarter, and they surpassed their opponents by 2 points in the half!
In the third quarter of the game, the Lone Ranger had some tendency to collapse, they could not defend the opponent in a single quarter, so that the Suns scored 31 points in a single quarter, lost 8 points in the third quarter, and at the end of the third quarter they were already 6 points behind their opponents! In the fourth quarter, the Suns played a very good performance under Paul's leadership, they completely crushed their opponents in the single quarter, and finally they defeated the Lone Rangers 129:109, taking a 2-0 lead!
Doncic played another wonderful solo performance in this game, he appeared in 36 minutes, shooting 13 of 22 from the field, 5 of 10 from three-point range, and got 35 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists! In the first two games of this round, Doncic completely played his personal offensive ability!
In the first leg of the coaching of the two teams, Doncic played 44.4 minutes, shot 15 of 30 shots, 11 shots of 4 three-pointers, and got 45 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 block; plus 35 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists in this game, Doncic cut 80 points, 17 rebounds and 15 assists in two games, but he still could not lead the team to win, which was indeed very helpless!
Although Doncic is very strong in the game, it is really difficult to fight with two fists and four hands, and the offensive state of Booker and Paul is too stable, and under their leadership, Players such as Crowder, Bridges, Shamet and other players are all driven. On the Lone Rangers side, in addition to Doncic, the two cores of Bronson and Dinwiddie played very unstably, completely limited by the Suns, which is also the reason why the Lone Rangers are passive in this game!