On April 8, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Rockets, who ranked 11th in the West, challenged the Mavericks who ranked 5th. Irving scored 48 points, Doncic quasi-triple-double, the Mavericks reversed strongly, and the Rockets lost five in a row and were eliminated early in the Western Conference play-offs, so that the Warriors locked the top 10 position.
Amen's inside line was strong to play 2+1, VanVleet converted his three-point hand to start and fall, the Rockets started 14-5 to stop the opponent, and came back to Green to score 10 points in a row to continue to expand the advantage, but the good situation was unexpected, Amen deliberately pushed down Kleber and was evicted for second-degree malice. The situation of the Mavericks was not optimistic, Doncic made frequent mistakes, and the defense was inadequate, and they fell behind by 15 points in the first quarter 27-42.
In the second quarter, the Mavericks tactics were more disciplined, breaking through the weak link of the inside line and hitting the opponent directly, and Irving frequently caused fouls to stand on the free throw line, and the point difference returned to single digits. The Rockets were in foul trouble, Jalen Green made four early fouls, the defensive pressure doubled, coupled with the decline in offensive efficiency, the situation became unfavorable, and the 71-66 led by only five points into the halftime break.
Dillon came back in the second half to carry the Rockets' offense, but because of the foul problem, the confrontation did not dare to move too much, and the Mavericks seized this point to continue to impact the basket and gained a lot, Doncic broke through and scored 2+1, and once tied it, but at the end of the quarter, the power suddenly broke off and was pulled away, and the third quarter was 98-106 behind by 8 points.
In the final quarter, Irving stood up and scored 13 points in a row to tie the game, Dillon's key three points stabilized the rhythm, and the two teams showed their big hearts at the critical moment, and you came and went to show alternate leads, and in the last 22 seconds, Irving hit a three-point draw with high difficulty, Jabari Smith missed two free throws, but he didn't expect the magic plot to be staged, and Exum pressed the whistle with three points to hit 129 to tie it into overtime.
In overtime, Irving continued his hot form to carry the team, and Washington's three-pointer tree blossomed to basically seal the victory, and the Mavericks reversed the Rockets 147-136 at the end of the game. Irving shot 15-of-25 from the field and slashed for 48 points + 7 rebounds, scoring 25 points in the final quarter and overtime, and Doncic had a quasi-triple-double of 37 points + 12 assists and 9 boards.