On April 22, Beijing time, the second game day of the NBA playoffs officially started, and the West ushered in a much-anticipated game, the Los Angeles Clippers hosted the Dallas Mavericks, we know that this is the third time in the past 5 years, the two teams have met in the playoffs, it can be said that the two teams have not gotten together, the two teams have met 3 times in the regular season this season, of which the Clippers have a 2-1 record, especially the Clippers have taken a step forward in strength after introducing Harden to form the Big Three this season. The Mavericks' Eastern European combination is more perfect, and it is worth noting that the Clippers De Leonard is still unable to play due to injury.
In the first quarter of the game, with Harden scoring 11 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, the Clippers played extremely smoothly on both offensive and defensive ends, leading the Mavericks by 12 points at 34-22 in a single quarter. In the second quarter, the Mavericks only scored 8 points in a single quarter under the defense of the Clippers, trailing the Clippers by 26 points after halftime, although the Mavericks began to recover on the offensive end in the second half, the Clippers also withstood the pressure and entered the fourth quarter with a 23-point lead, and Doncic led the team to chase points with 13 points in a single quarter in the fourth quarter, and the love team fell too far behind, and finally lost Los Angeles by 12 points, and fell behind the opponent 0-1.
7 indisputable facts
[First] Harden Clippers playoffs debut perfect, if you want to give Harden Clippers the first playoff game a score, at least 9.5 points, today for the Clippers played in the first playoff game, Harden's performance can be described as perfect, the first quarter of the game is a strong offensive aggressiveness, a single quarter is 5 shots 4 of 11 points and 3 assists, the whole game is 17 shots 8 of 28 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, the offensive organization is a grasp, the performance is perfect.
[Second] Zubac completely dominated the interior today, Zubac, who was scolded for a season in the regular season, did not expect to usher in an outbreak in the playoffs, completely making up for the impact of Leonard's absence, facing Gafford Doubac, Zubac played like a monster, completely dominated the interior Vucevic scored 20 points, 15 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 assist on 10-of-17 shooting in the game.
[Third] Wei Shao propped up the Clippers bench today The Clippers are 8-man rotation today, in the case of Powell and Plumlee's downturn, Wei Shao stood up, and scored 13 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists on 5-of-8 shooting, propping up the Clippers' bench.
[Fourth] Doncic played relatively inefficiently, facing the Clippers without Leonard in this game, Doncic should play with ease in the face of George, but in this game Doncic chose a large number of mid-to-long-range jumpers in the case of poor hand, and a large number of balls in hand, resulting in the team not running smoothly and then losing.
[Fifth] Irving is the best player in the game for the Mavericks, and Irving played particularly well against the Clippers' guard line in this game, scoring 31 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals in 10 of 18 from the field.
[Sixth] the Mavericks can play no one except for the Eastern European combination, and the Mavericks in this game have cut 30+ scores except for Eastern Europe, and 6 of the other players have scored under 5 points, which is bad.
[Seventh] The Clippers will be unstoppable after Leonard's return, and the Clippers will be playing without Leonard in this game, and if Leonard returns, the Mavericks will have no resistance.