On April 24, Beijing time, the second round of the NBA playoffs continued, the Clippers faced the Mavericks, in the first game, the Clippers defeated the Mavericks 109-97, winning the first game, in that game Harden performed the best, especially the three-point shot at the critical moment to stabilize the situation, and the Clippers won.
Although the Mavericks' Doncic and Irving combined for 64 points, the others did not improve their firepower more, which was also the reason for the loss. Let's see how the two sides play tonight, whether it's Doncic, Irving, vs. Clippers Big Three Harden, Leonard, George. Let's get into the game together. The Clippers have good news for Leonard's return to the game.
Clippers starters: Harden, Enman, George, Leonard, Zubac.
Mavericks: Irving, Doncic, Jones, Washington, Gafford
Today is still the home game of the Clippers, and at the beginning of the game, Jones of the Mavericks hit a rebound, and George of the Clippers dunked and scored.
Doncic hit a strong basket, Zubac put Doncic down, and Doncic made 2 of 2 free throws. Leonard misses mid-range shot, George hits mid-range shot. The Mavericks are strong inside, Zubac has 2 fouls, Jones has 2 free throws and 1 of 2 free throws. The Clippers were capped off the inside line, and the defensive intensity of the two sides began to be very high. Harden was fouled by Washington. The Mavericks' Gafford defense fell and went back to the locker room. Donci fantastic pass Lively eats cake hit. The tempo of the attack on both sides increased.
Mann came back with a three-point shot, and Irving's layup was capped by Harden.
The two sides have started to get up the intensity, and neither side has scored much, Doncic and George are the finishers of both teams' offense, and the Mavericks lead by one point. Doncic hit a three-pointer.
The Clippers missed two offenses, Doncic hit another three-pointer, and the Mavericks pulled the score away, and the Mavericks led by 7 points. At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers played an excellent score and overtook 1 point, and in the fourth quarter, the Mavericks Doncic hit a three-point shot, and Irving scored a wave of 12-0 to overtake the score and pull it away, and Doncic hit 2 three-pointers. In the end, the Mavericks defeated the Clippers 96-93 and scored 1-1. Doncic had 32 points, Irving 21, Harden 22, George 19 and Leonard 13.