∗ narrowly defeated the Clippers 96-93, with a big score of %,
On April 24, Beijing time, the second meeting between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA playoffs officially started, it is worth noting that Leonard officially returned in this game, which made the Mavericks even worse, the Clippers were not in good shape in the first quarter of the game, and Leonard, who had just returned, also felt bad, scoring 0 points on 2 shots on the offensive end, while Doncic scored 12 points and 3 assists in a single quarter to lead the Mavericks 23-19 ahead of the Clippers by 4 pointsIn the end, the Clippers led the Mavericks 66-65 by 1 point into the fourth quarter, and the two sides played white-hot in the fourth quarter, and the Mavericks Washington stood up to lead the team to overtake the score, and finally the Mavericks 96:93 Clippers, the score came to 1-1.
Both starters
Mavericks: Jones, Washington, Gafford , Irving, Doncic
Clippers: Harden, Leonard, George, Zubac, Mann
Top 10 Indisputable Facts
[First] Harden is another ghost, this game is not so efficient in the case of Leonard's comeback, especially the poor feeling outside the three-point line, only 2 of 10 shots, 6 of 14 shots in the whole game got 22 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, plus or minus -6
[Second] Leonard's comeback feeling is not good, and he still needs to slowly find his form, especially the feeling outside the three-point line, he shot 7 of 17 in this game, got 15 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, and shot 0 of 5 from outside the three-point line.
[Third] George's performance in these two games was relatively stable, with a decent performance in this game, with 19 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists on 6-of-13 shooting.
[Fourth] Zubac's domination of the interior is the absolute advantage of the Clippers against the Mavericks, with 13 points, 12 rebounds and a double-double on 5-of-12 shooting from the field.
[Fifth] Doncic and Irving are not enough to play against the Clippers and need others to step up and help, and Washington is the team's third choice in this game, which is a great help to the Eastern European combination. Gafford finished the game with 18 points and six rebounds on 5-of-10 shooting.
[Sixth] Hardaway is now completely useless, the first game was sluggish, and this game is even more sluggish, with 0 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.
[Seventh] Gafford basically bid farewell to Kidd's trust, he was not prepared for the first game, and there was no excuse for the performance in this game. He shot 0 of 3 from the field, got 0 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, and is estimated to have no chance to play in the next game.
[Eighth] The Clippers' performance from beyond the three-point line was the worst performance of the season, with a total of 8-of-30 shooting, less than 30 percent.
[Ninth] In this game, both sides did their best on the defensive end, and played a very low score in the whole game, with a total of 189 points for both teams in the game.
[10th] Irving was really DPOY-level defense, playing very hard throughout the game and contributing 3 steals.
Data performance of both sides
Clippers player stats
Mavericks player stats