The Mavericks reversed and won G2! The core was injured, the Clippers exposed four major shortcomings, and the small card became the key to breaking the game

Achenggao

2024-04-24 14:02Posted in Shandong Sports Creators

On April 24th, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, today the Clippers and Mavericks series G2 is estimated that everyone already knows the result, the Mavericks narrowly defeated the Clippers 96-93, the score of the two sides came to 1-1, the loss of this game also indicates that the Clippers only win on the road, they can find home court advantage, in the case of the return of the small card, I thought the Clippers could win, but they exposed many shortcomings.

We won't say much about the process of this game, let's briefly talk about the fourth quarter, relying on Powell and Zubac in the fourth quarter, the Clippers once established a 7-point lead, but then Doncic and Washington scored 10 points in a row to help the Mavericks overtake, Irving and Doncic hit three points one after another to help the Mavericks establish a 9-point lead, after which although the Clippers did not give up, but under Doncic's control, the Clippers also failed to turn over.

Although the Mavericks won the game, their starting center Gafford suffered a knee injury and played only one minute in the second half. Doncic and Irving showed the top dual-core level in this game, Doncic scored 32 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, and Irving got 23 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

This is also the first shortcoming exposed by the Clippers in this campaign, Zubac is the key to the Clippers winning G1, he relied on excellent interior skills to ravage the Mavericks' interior, and he also bullied the Mavericks' interior line very well in the final quarter, but on the defensive end he also became the opponent's cash machine, and the Mavericks in this game are not out of the way for Zubac, they found a way to limit Zubac.

The team's way to limit Zubac in the first three quarters was to pinch the shot, Mann was on the court to let Mann go to pinch Zubac, Mann's three points were unstable, but Mann did not disappoint the Mavericks, scoring 5 points on 2-of-7 shooting, Zubac was not pinched in the fourth quarter because he played with Harden, Powell, George, Leonard, and the opponent did not dare to clip, but he would be targeted when he was on the court with Mann or Wei Shao, Mann was better, and Wei Shao was targeted more seriously in this game.

The second shortcoming exposed by the Clippers is Wei Shao, everyone knows that Wei Shao has no three points, even at the critical moment in the fourth quarter, the Mavericks still let Wei Shao's three points empty, everyone knows that he can only rush inside, so he is 4 to 5 on the offensive end of the Clippers on the court, and in the fourth quarter he is the key to the Mavericks being able to catch up on the court, Wei Shao shot 2 of 9 in the game, and 1 of 3 three-pointers got 7 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Wei Shao's enthusiasm and attitude have nothing to say, he is still the key to the team's main defense Doncic, but the problem is that he now affects the offensive end of the Clippers, it is estimated that after this game, Tyronn Lue will not dare to use him at a critical moment, but without him, the Clippers' five small have no suitable candidates, the third problem exposed by the Clippers in this game is the lack of the five small lineup, and it is Leonard who stands in the fifth position for a certain period of time.

Although Xiaoka's defensive ability is good, but in the face of Kleber and Lively Towers, he may be able to resist their backs, but the rebounds are really at a loss, in order to protect the rebounds they can only shrink the defense, and this also allows the opponent to get more three-point opportunities, the Mavericks relied on three points to score 42 points, you must know that the whole team only scored 96 points, and the team relied on 6 three-pointers in the final quarter to reverse the game.

The Mavericks don't have a five-center because they don't need it, because Kleber can open up space, Lively can switch defenses indefinitely, they can always keep a height on the court, and he can do a good job of blocking and covering and protecting rebounds. I don't know if Tyronn Lue will use Theis and Tucker in the future, the two haven't been used in the playoffs so far, and I think I can try them out, maybe it will help the interior.

The last problem is that no one can match Doncic's firepower, in the first three quarters, the reason why the Clippers were able to play back and forth with the Mavericks was because Doncic did not defend, which made Harden play the feeling of dreaming back to his peak, Harden scored 19 points in the first three quarters, but after Doncic began to defend in the fourth quarter, Harden only had 3 points, and the firepower couldn't keep up, and George couldn't play the matching firepower, and his scores were scored at the last moment, except for free throws, which were three points with a lot of luck in the end.

In the endurance phase of the fourth quarter, no one in the Clippers could match Doncic and Irving's firepower was the key to their reversal, of course, this problem is not impossible to solve, this game Xiaoka has just returned, the state is not good, he scored 15 points and 7 rebounds on 7-of-17 shooting, and 3 points on 1-of-4 shooting in the final quarter of this game. If the Clippers can return to their peak level, the Clippers will not be afraid of the Mavericks, because their roster is thick and the Mavericks rely too much on the duo.

The strength of the two sides is very close, I believe that the game will still be very close in the future, and at the critical moment, it depends on the performance of the stars of both sides.

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