Today's game between the Clippers and the Mavericks played the feeling of hand-to-hand combat in the 90s, with a slow pace and low score, but the excitement is the best in the playoffs in recent years.
In this game, the Clippers had 93 points, while the Mavericks only scored 96 points, the Clippers had 19 fouls and 26 free throws, George had 5 fouls and Harden also had 4 fouls, and the Mavericks had 23 fouls and 27 free throws, and the two forward defenders Jones and Josh Green both had 4 fouls.
This game has a strong defensive appeal, standing on the court, you are embarrassed if you don't have to defend, the key praise is Doncic, not only scored 32 points, 6 boards, 9 assists, 1 steal and 1 hat on the offensive end, but even the defensive end, which has been criticized, also has a very outstanding performance.
From the panel data, we only saw the cold 1 steal and 1 block, but comrades who really watched the game will be surprised by Doncic's defense, according to statistics, the Clippers players faced Doncic's defense in this game, only 2 of 17 shots, and the shooting rate was only a pitiful 11.7%.
To be more specific, Harden faced Doncic 1-of-5 (6-of-14 in the game), Jr. Ka, Mann, Powell, and Plumlee were all 0-of-2, Westbrook and Zubac were 0-of-1, and only Coffey was 1-of-1.
In the post-game interview, Doncic was also smiling and very happy with his defense, saying: This is the playoffs, this is different. My teammates said come and help me with the bag, but I said no. I'm proud of my defense, there's always someone who wants to hack my defense, the sunspots. I didn't care, I was just enjoying the game and it was a lot of fun.
In fact, Doncic is still a little misunderstood, people never seem to hack his defense, but his defensive attitude.
A player with height, reach, and weight, as long as he shows a serious defensive attitude, as long as he is not facing a speed-oriented defender, it should not be a big problem, if he defends like this every game, this series will be exciting.
What's even more interesting is the trick of the message given by Dream Chaser, which can be described as a fatal move.
Ahead of the game (a great place for Amway to watch: "Links"), Green gave advice to the Mavericks on both ends of the floor.
In the last game, Zubac became the X-factor of the Clippers, incarnating as Zunal (praising him as O'Neal), scoring a big double-double of 20 points and 15 rebounds on the inside, and beating the Mavericks inside Gafford, who had no choice.
As a defensive guru, Green gave his defensive advice:
1. Let Gafford defend Mann, who is unstable in three points, and prevent sudden shots, anyway, Mann can't make 10 three-pointers in a game.
2. Arrange for others to go around the front to defend Zubac, and Gafford can assist in the defense.
As an offensive playmaker, Green gave advice on the offensive end:
Let Doncic and Irving block and dismantle respectively, Doncic named Harden after blocking and Irving named Zubac after blocking and dismantling.
Green believes that as long as the Mavericks do these things, they will be able to limit Zubac and Mann.
Kidd may have seen Green's opinion, and he really adopted such a strategy in this game, and the results were obvious.
Mann, who scored 13 points and 9 rebounds in 38 minutes in the last game, only played 20 minutes in this game and scored 5 points and 2 rebounds, Zubac, who scored 20 points and 15 rebounds in 10 of 17 in the last game, scored 13 points and 12 rebounds in 5 of 12 in this game.
Mann can't play, Harden has to face more defensive pressure, which is extremely expensive, especially in the fourth quarter of the game, Doncic frantically named Harden, so that Harden had no time to take care of offense, and only made 2 shots in the fourth quarter and hit a key three-pointer.
I have to say that Green is indeed a talent, and he will retire as an assistant coach for a few years in the future, maybe he will be an excellent head coach, and he was complained by netizens when Green expressed his opinion yesterday, but now it seems that Dream Chaser still understands football, and it seems that he is ready to compete with Kidd for a job.
The Mavericks have now found a way to win, the whole team is desperately defending, and the offense is handed over to Doncic and Irving, so that the Mavericks, who were originally strong in offense and weak in defense, have become a team with both offense and defense like the Clippers, making this series even more exciting.
Of course, the performance of the Clippers in this game was also very good, especially Harden, although the defensive end was frantically named, but also withstood the pressure, although in the end Doncic hit a key three-pointer, but he also responded to one, and the overall performance on the defensive end was not bad, although Doncic scored 32 points, but 26 shots 11, the shooting rate is not high.
Xiaoka played very unreasonably today, played a little hesitantly, today there are a lot of strong shots in singles, the ball is too slow, obviously not in the state, I hope the next game can be adjusted.
However, the last goal should be a wonderful 2+1, which can also be challenged successfully, and it should be the only slot in this game.