At 10:00 a.m. Beijing time on April 24, the NBA playoff matchup is in full swing, with the Los Angeles Clippers sitting at home to face the Dallas Mavericks. The G2 battle between the two teams was about to break out, and the Clippers defeated the Mavericks by 12 points in the first game, and once led the opponent by more than 30 points in the first half, which was a little unexpected, and this was still in the absence of Xiaoka. Harden has found a little bit of the shadow of the scoring champion in the Rockets period, Wei Shao is also full of vitality on the court, providing infinite spiritual sources for the team, George's offensive efficiency is also relatively stable, and the Clippers' entire team has strong execution, tacit understanding, defensive intensity and enthusiasm are also full, which is also an important reason why they can win by a large score. In addition, the Clippers also adopted a strategy in the last game.
That is, several stars took turns to name Doncic, Doncic was great on the offensive end, but his defense was very bad, not very motivated, and his speed was slow, and it was easy to be passed by one step, and Doncic also became a key factor in the Clippers' breakthrough. As for what adjustments the Mavericks will make in G2, Dream Green suggested on his podcast: "I think it's time for Gafford to defend Mann, who is inconsistent with three points and can let him shoot. Let Gafford stand on the inside and wait to help defend Zubac, don't let him go to the top again, and arrange for another person to go around to stop Zubac from receiving the ball, even if he has Gafford behind the ball. Another point is on the offensive end, if Doncic plays the pick-and-roll, then call Harden over, if it is Irving who plays the pick-and-roll, then go to the point of Zubac. ”
In this game, the two sides are in the starting lineup, and the Clippers are sending Harden, Zubac, Mann, George and Leonard, and the small card is also in the line of fire. On the Mavericks' side, Doncic, Irving, Jones, PJ Washington, and Gafford are fielded. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Zubac jumped the ball to win, the Clippers took the lead in getting the ball, Mann smashed the Yellow Dragon and broke into the layup and was served by the hat, the Mavericks launched a counterattack, Jones flew to make up the dunk and scored the first goal of the game, George drove straight into the interior and single-arm dunk also opened for the Clippers, Doncic squeezed into the inside line to make a strong kill, stood on the free throw line and made two free throws, George mid-range dry pull jump ball was into the center of the net, Lively air relay skills were shocking, Mann shot with a bow outside the three-point line in the bottom corner, and pierced Yang in 100 steps.
In the first quarter of the game, the offensive efficiency of both teams was not high, and the defensive intensity was directly full. Doncic hit a three-pointer at the top of the arc with a posture adjustment, Westbrook went on a rampage, the lightning broke through the basket and dropped two points, and Kleber also made a solid three-pointer on the wing. At the end of the first quarter, the Mavericks led the Clippers by four points at 23-19. At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Zubac stepped on the snow without a trace and vigorously made up for the dunk to help the Clippers take the lead, Irving suddenly went to the free throw line and stopped to pull a jumper into the center of the net, Leonard also had the middle distance after the test step, Powell fixed three points and blossomed directly, Lively took three steps to pass the defense and drove the fog is a two-handed dunk, Doncic misplaced Zubac singled, and scored a goal on the rebound, Doncic continued to score with the help of covering super high throws, Harden was not to be outdone, and he also scored two points when he stopped back and pulled Ganba.
The offensive efficiency of the two teams is still not high, and the confrontation between the two sides is very fierce, Irving's three-point shot on the wing penetrates the basket, and Harden's small throw in the paint area is also stable, and the Mavericks have maintained a slight lead, and at halftime, the Mavericks led the Clippers by 4 points at 45-41. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Yibian fought again, Leonard's signature dry pull-up jumper fell into the pocket to open the third quarter of the game, PJ Washington's 45-degree angle three-point shot was also colored, Xiaoka hit a single with his back, turned over and scored another goal, George chased three points and scored in a hollow, Irving slipped the baseline and hit a layup, Zubac made a basket and played high to 2+1, Washington slid and threw a hard shot, Harden made a three-point foul at the end of the quarter, all three free throws, and the Clippers also managed to overtake the score at the end of the quarter.
At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers outscored the Mavericks by two points, 65-63. In the final quarter, the Clippers took the lead, relying on Powell's rapid three-pointers, and Zubac's continuous basket to eat cake and dunk to take a lead of about 5 points, but at this time, the situation on the court suddenly changed, the Mavericks suddenly broke out, even soaring three-pointers, Doncic's difficult outside fire exploded, so that the Clippers completely collapsed, a wave of 17-3 after the Mavericks held a 9-point lead, the game was left in the last minute, the Clippers had no power to return to the sky, and in the end, the Mavericks narrowly defeated the Clippers 96-93, and the big score came to 1-1。
In terms of statistics, on the Clippers' side, Harden set a milestone with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, surpassing Magic Johnson in free throws in the playoffs in his career and rising to 10th in history. George had 22 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, and the small card came back into a slump, with 15 points and 7 rebounds. Westbrook had 7 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, and Zubac had 13 points and 12 rebounds. On the Mavericks' side, Doncic had 32 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists, Irving had 23 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, Washington had 18 points and 6 rebounds, and Jones had 10 points and 7 rebounds.