On April 8, Beijing time, the Mavericks played against the Rockets at home, and the Mavericks successfully defeated the Rockets 147-136 at the end of the game. The importance of this game for the Rockets is self-evident, after all, after suffering 4 consecutive defeats, the Rockets have been thrown away by the Warriors, but now the Rockets still have a chance to catch up with the score, although it is very difficult to do such a thing, but the Rockets must also go all out, as for the Mavericks' fifth position in the West is not stable, after all, the Suns are in a very hot state in the near future, and now the Suns are only 1 win behind the Mavericks, it can be said that the Mavericks may be caught up by the Suns if they are not careful, so the Mavericks also need to work hard to win。
The Mavericks were not in good shape in the first half, but the Rockets slowly opened the score, the Mavericks trailed by 15 points at the end of the first quarter, and the Rockets continued to expand their lead in the second quarter, but at the critical moment, Doncic and Irving began to lead the team to chase the score, and the Rockets had a lead of only 5 points at the end of the half. However, after the start of the second half of the game, Dillon helped the Rockets stabilize the situation, but Doncic immediately responded to catch up with the score, fortunately, Whitmore also stepped forward to help the Rockets stop the decline, but under the leadership of Irving, the Mavericks still retained the suspense of the game, and the follow-up Rockets had a chance to win, but unfortunately Smith missed two free throws, Exum hit three points to directly help the Mavericks enter overtime, and in overtime Dillon struggled to support, Washington hit three points in a row, and finally the Rockets suffered a Mavericks reversal and lost the game.
The Rockets lost the game really quite uncomfortable, after all, the Rockets had a huge win in regular time, but Smith missed two free throws directly, at this time the Rockets also have many options, at least they can choose to foul and let the Mavericks go to the free throw line, after all, there is not much time left at this time, but unfortunately the Rockets did not have such a choice, and finally Exum got an open opportunity to hit three points, and the Rockets offense had no continuity in overtime, and finally the Rockets suffered a reversal. Dillon also really tried his best in this game, winding Doncic in the game, and at the same time Dillon fired three outside shots, Dillon had a chance to help the Rockets win, but unfortunately Smith's mistakes made the Rockets quite passive, and Dillon got 29 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in 9 of 14 at the end of the game.
Other Rockets players, VanVleet had 24 points, 1 rebound and 12 assists, Green had 21 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, and Smith had 12 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists. At the same time, Doncic performed well in this game, and it can be seen that Doncic has some problems with his knee in the game, but in this case, Doncic still played an excellent performance, and at the end of the game, Doncic got 37 points, 9 rebounds and 12 assists, and the Mavericks also appeared in this game, and the surprise soldier is Exum, Exum's performance in this game is too important, after all, if it wasn't for Exum hitting three points at the end of the fourth quarter, then the Mavericks would have lost the game, and Exum got 14 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists at the end of the game。
Irving turned the tide in this game, after all, in the fourth quarter of the game, Irving came up with a big explosive performance, so that the Mavericks could slowly catch up with the score, and in overtime Irving also maintained an offensive state, it can be said that such Irving is too important to the Mavericks, and at the end of the game, Irving got 48 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists. And the Rockets lost the game The Warriors are also a big gift, after all, after this game, the Rockets have completely lost hope of entering the play-offs, and at this time the Warriors have also successfully locked the top ten positions in the West, it should be said that the Rockets missed the play-offs like this, it is still a pity, after all, the winning streak in front of the Rockets is exciting, but it is a pity that the Rockets have suffered 5 consecutive defeats in the face of strong opponents, especially today's reversal is really uncomfortable.