On April 24, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs arranged three games, and today's game, the Suns lost to the Timberwolves, the Pacers beat the Bucks to equalize the score, and Leonard returned to the Clippers to lose to the Mavericks.
Suns 93-105 Timberwolves
The game played more than 7 minutes, the Suns only scored 7 points, the Timberwolves led 16-7, the Suns chased the score to 21-24 at the end of the first quarter, the Suns scored 5 points at the beginning of the second quarter to overtake the score, the Suns led by 8 points at 42-34 at the halftime, the Timberwolves recovered the 7-point gap at halftime, the score came to 50-51, both sides hit only 8 shots in the third quarter, the Timberwolves used free throws to win the quarter 28-20, and the Timberwolves led the Suns by 17 points at 93-76 after a 15-5 start in the final quarter。
After this game, the Suns fell behind 0-2 in the first-round series, and the third game between the two sides will be played on the Suns' home court two days later. For the Suns, Booker had 20 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 turnovers and 6 fouls, Durant 18 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, Beal 14 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, Nurkic 10 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists, Allen 3 points and 3 boards, Gordon 15 points and 3 boards, and Eubanks 8 points. For the Timberwolves, McDaniels had 25 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, Gobert 18 points, 9 rebounds and 3 steals, Conley 18 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Edwards 15 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals, Towns 12 points and 8 boards, and Walker 10 points and 5 assists.
Pacers 125-108 Bucks
Lillard scored 26 points on 7-of-12 shooting (6-of-11 from three-point range) in the first half, the Bucks trailed the Pacers by 5 points at 55-60 at halftime, Siakam scored 21 points on 8-of-14 shooting in the first two quarters, the Pacers shot more than 52% in the third quarter, and beat the Bucks by 4 points at 32-28 in a single quarter, and halfway through the final quarter, the Pacers extended their lead to more than 20 points, and finally they won on the road. After this game, the Pacers tied the first-round series 1-1, and the third game between the two sides will be played on the Pacers' home court (the Pacers became the first team to win on the road in this round of the playoffs and successfully grabbed home-court advantage). For the Pacers, Siakam had 37 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists, Turner had 22 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, Nembhard had 20 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Nesmith had 11 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, Haliburton had 12 points, 4 rebounds and 12 assists, and Toppin had 9 points and 8 boards. For the Bucks, Lillard had 34 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Lopez had 22 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Middleton had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, and Portis had 14 points and 11 boards.
Mavericks 96-93 Clippers
Leonard is back. Doncic scored 12 points in the first quarter, the Clippers shot only 5 of 20 in a single quarter, Leonard, Wei Shao and Harden combined 6 of 0, the Mavericks led by 4 points at 23-19 at the end of the first quarter, and the Clippers overtook the score 26-25 at 9:35 in the second quarter, but the Mavericks quickly took the lead again and maintained it until halftime, and the two sides tied 22-22 in the second quarter.
5 minutes and 42 seconds in the third quarter, Zubac hit 2 points, the two sides tied at 55, after which Doncic and Irving hit three points in a row, the Mavericks led by 6 points, the Clippers played 7-0 and then overtook the score 62-61, after three quarters, the Clippers led the Mavericks 66-65 by 1 point, and the Clippers played 7-2 in the final quarter to force the Mavericks into a timeout, and then two and a half minutes after the Mavericks completed a wave of 9-0 to rewrite the score to 76-73, with 4 minutes and 40 seconds left in the game, Washington hit a three-point shot, the Mavericks led the Clippers 84-76 by 8 points, and the Clippers chased the score to 81-84 in 2 minutes and 37 secondsOn the Mavericks' side, Kleber and Doncic hit two three-pointers in a row to seal the win, and the Clippers finally lost at home.
After winning this game, the Mavericks tied the score of the first-round series at 1-1, and the third game of the two sides will be moved to Dallas. Mavericks Doncic 32 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists, Irving 23 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, Washington 18 points and 6 boards, Jones 10 points and 7 boards, Lively 7 points and 9 boards, Kleber 6 points and 6 boards. Clippers Leonard 15 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 steals, George 22 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, Harden 22 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, Zubac 13 points and 12 boards, Powell 6 points and 4 boards, Westbrook 7 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.