Doncic 32+9, the Mavericks pulled one back! The Clippers lost home-court advantage, and Leonard came back for 15 points

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2024-04-24 13:05Published in Hunan

In the first round of the NBA playoffs, the G2 matchup, the Clippers continued to sit at home against the Mavericks, and the biggest change in the starting lineup between the two sides was undoubtedly Leonard's comeback, and the Clippers ushered in the strongest lineup: Leonard + George + Harden + Zubac + Mann started, and Westbrook served as a substitute. Previously, the Clippers had won the first game of the series without Leonard, with Doncic and Irving combined for 64 points. In this game, the Eastern European group must do everything in their power to help the Mavericks get back into the game. After the opening, the Mavericks led all the way, but the difference between the two sides never reached double digits, the Clippers overtook in the third quarter, and the Mavericks took the lead again in the final quarter and finally narrowly won by 3 points to pull back a city! This round of the series was tied 1-1, and the Clippers temporarily lost their home court advantage.

In the first quarter, Jones followed up with a dunk, Harden assisted George dunk, Doncic caused Zubac to foul and scored two free throws, George scored a high jumper, Jones made 1 of 2 free throws, Harden also made 1 of 2 free throws, Lively hit a layup, Mann made a three-pointer from the outside, Doncic made a quick kick to assist Jones to make a surprise shot, Harden made 2 free throws, Doncic scored from a back, Westbrook came off the bench, Doncic hit a three-pointer, Plumlee made a free throw at the free throw line, Doncic stepped back to score three points again, Westbrook scored two free throws, George also hit two free throws at the free throw line, Doncic scored on the board, Kleber scored three points from the outside, and the Mavericks led the Clippers by up to 8 points。 Coffey hit a mid-range shot and George stepped back to shoot from mid-range, and the Clippers scored four straight points to close to 19-23.

In the second quarter, Zubac made up for the dunk, Irving made a mid-range shot from the free throw line, Leonard broke through the emergency stop and finally opened, Norman Powell hit a three-pointer, Levery received an empty catch, Doncic scored a fast-break layup + a pull-up shot, and the Mavericks stopped the Clippers! George hit a mid-range shot, Harden scored a step-back shot after hitting Axum with his back to the confrontation and also caused a foul, Harden made it 2+1, and the Clippers quickly narrowed the difference. Irving throws, Jones mid-range, and the Mavericks lead by six points. Harden countered with a dunk, Mann dunked, Doncic hit 2 free throws from the free throw line, Jones glided and dunked, and Leonard scored with a hook shot, making the score 45-41 at halftime and the Mavericks leading.

In the third quarter, Leonard stole Doncic's fast-break dunk, Irving hit a three-pointer from the outside, Doncic shot in the middle distance, Leonard attacked again, Harden scored three points, Washington immediately replied, Irving broke the ball and counterattacked and dunked, George chased three points in the bottom corner, Leonard picked up the rebound and scored a basket, Doncic was unreasonable for three points, Irving also scored a three-pointer, and the Mavericks withstood the Clippers' offensive to maintain the lead. Leonard stepped back and hit a mid-range shot, Westbrook scored a low-handed layup, George hit both free throws, and the Clippers still took a 62-61 lead. Washington hit a shot, Harden made a three-point shot that caused Green to foul and get three free throws, Harden hit all three free throws, Doncic made a layup, and the Clippers overtook the Mavericks 66-65.

In the final quarter, the Clippers fell into a scoring drought in the sports battle, and the Mavericks seized the opportunity to lead the Clippers 81-73 to reach 8 points again! Westbrook made an empty three-point to stop the bleeding for the Clippers, but the Mavericks threw an answer ball from Washington in the bottom corner, Leonard made a free throw, George broke through the low hand layup, Zubac dunked, and the Clippers chased it to 81-84! Kleber hit a three-pointer, Doncic scored a three-pointer against Harden, and the Mavericks led 90-81 to nine points. Harden scored three points, Zubac dunked, and the Clippers scored five points in a row to chase 86-90 to keep the suspense. Washington and George each scored through free throws, and the difference was still 4 points. Jones made a free throw and the Clippers used up their last timeout. After a timeout, Leonard scored two quick points, the Mavericks scored on a free throw, and George hit a three-pointer at the buzzer, and the Mavericks narrowly beat the Clippers 96-93.

In terms of statistics: Doncic scored 32 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds, Irving 23 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, Washington 18 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks, Jones 10 points and 7 rebounds, Kleber 6 points and 6 rebounds, Lively 7 points and 9 rebounds, Green 7 rebounds, Leonard came back with 15 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 steals, Harden 22 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds, George 22 points, 4 assists and 2 rebounds, Zubac 13 points and 12 rebounds, Mann 5 points and 2 rebounds, Norman Powell 6 points and 4 rebounds, Westbrook 7 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists。

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