On April 24, 2024, Beijing time, in today's NBA playoffs, the Clippers ushered in the G2 battle with the Mavericks at home, the G1 Mavericks lost to the Clippers by 12 points, and the Mavericks aim to equalize the score, but the Clippers' number one star Leonard is back today, can the Mavericks beat the Clippers with the Big Four? Mavericks starters: Doncic + Irving + Jones + Washington + Gafford , Clippers starters: Harden + Mann + George + Leonard + Zubac.
In the first quarter of the game, Jones made up for the dunk, George dunked in response, Doncic and Jones made 3 of 4 free throws, George shot, Gafford was injured, Harden and Mann scored, Lively, Jones, Doncic responded strongly, Mavericks 15-10, Plumlee made 1 of 2 free throws, Doncic scored three points, the Mavericks led by 7 points, Wei Shao and George chased the difference to 3 points, Doncic and Kleber expanded the difference to 8 points, Coffey and George scored, and the Mavericks led 23-19 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Zubac made up for the dunk, Irving responded with a mid-range shot, Leonard and Powell scored 5 points in a row, the Clippers overtook 1 point, Lively and Doncic overtook 5 points, Harden made a mid-range shot, Washington made 3 free throws and 3 hits, the Mavericks led by 6 points, Harden made a layup, Irving scored three points, the difference was 7 points, George and Harden chased the difference to 2 points, Irving and Jones expanded the difference to 6 points, Harden and Mann scored, Doncic and Jones responded, the difference was still 6 points, Leonard hooked his hand, and the Mavericks led 45-41 at halftime.
Doncic had 18 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists on 6-of-14 shooting in the half, Irving had 7 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists on 3-of-7 shooting, Harden had 12 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists on 4-of-9 shooting for the Clippers, George had 10 points and 1 assist on 4-of-7 shooting, Leonard had 4 points and 3 boards on 2-of-6 shooting, and Willis had 2 points and 3 boards on 0-of-3 shooting.
In the third quarter of the game, Leonard stole and dunked, Irving and Doncic scored 5 points in a row, the Mavericks led by 7 points, Leonard and Harden chased the difference to 2 points, Washington and Irving expanded the difference to 7 points, George, Leonard, Zubac tied the difference, Doncic and Irving hit 2 three-pointers in a row, Leonard, Wei Shao, George 7-0 overtook 1 point, Washington and Doncic scored, Harden made 4 free throws, and the Clippers led 66-65 in the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Zubac hooked his hand, the Clippers led by 3 points, Leaveley made 2 free throws and 2 hits, Powell and Zubac scored 5 points in a row, the difference was 6 points, Washington, Doncic, Irving hit three points in a row, the Mavericks overtook 8 points, Wei Shao scored three points, Washington responded with three points, the difference was still 8 points, Leonard made 1 of 2 free throws, George made a layup, Zubac dunked, the difference was chased to 3 points, Kleber and Doncic hit 2 three-pointers in a row, the difference was 9 points, there was 1 minute and 26 seconds left in the game, Harden scored three points, Zubac dunked, the difference was 4 points, Washington made 2 of 2 free throws, the difference was 6 points, the game had 34 seconds left, George made 2 of 2 free throws, Jones made 1 of 2 free throws, the difference was 5 points, Leonard made a layup, Irving made 1 of 2 free throws but Kleber grabbed the rebound, the Clippers could only foul, Irving made 2 of 2 free throws, the difference was 6 points, there were 7 seconds left in the game, George pressed the whistle for three points, the game was over, and the Mavericks beat the Clippers 96-93.
Doncic had 32 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists on 11-of-26 shooting, Irving had 23 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals on 8-of-18 shooting, Washington had 18 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks, Jones had 10 points and 7 boards, Lively had 7 points and 9 boards, and Kleber had 6 points and 6 boards.
Harden finished with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists on 6-of-14 shooting, and after this game, he surpassed Jordan in assists in the playoffs and ranked 12th all-time. George had 19 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists on 6-of-13 shooting, Leonard had 15 points, 7 rebounds and 4 steals on 7-of-17 shooting, Zubac had 13 points and 12 boards, and Westbrook had 7 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.
After the Mavericks won the G2 series 1-1 Clippers, in this way, the Mavericks gained home court advantage, G3 and G4 will come to the Mavericks' home court, several core players of the Clippers are relatively old, as the series progresses, their efficiency will decline, and the Mavericks' hopes of advancing have greatly increased, and the trend of this round of games has changed dramatically.