In order to win the first championship trophy in team history as soon as possible, the Los Angeles Clippers created a Kajiao combination of Leonard and Paul George, but in the past few seasons, the two of them did not let the team get their wish, and this season the team management signed Harden to make up for the team's lack of organizational core weakness, which also made the Clippers the favorite in the minds of many fans, although the performance of the regular season fluctuated greatly, but in the playoffs and the first game of the Mavericks, Harden dreamed of returning to Houston, and played a very dominant performance in the absence of Leonard, under his leadership, the Clippers also made a good start to the series, after a short rest, The two teams continued to usher in a rematch at the Clippers' home court, this time Leonard returned to the fireline, but it was obviously not in his best state, which also allowed the Mavericks to maintain the lead in the score for a long time, although the Clippers achieved a comeback in the second half, but the final quarter of the dumb fire allowed the Mavericks to defeat the Clippers 96-93 away, and equalized the series score!
Irving made a late effort, and Doncic was on the verge of a triple-double
In order to change the situation of Doncic playing alone, the Mavericks management signed Drew Uncle Irving, and let him and the talented teenager form the strongest backcourt double gun in the league, the team's entire offensive system is also around the two, whether they can play well in the game will directly determine the Mavericks' prospects.
In the rematch with the Clippers on the road, Doncic still carried the team's offensive banner when he was taken care of by the opponent, hitting 11 goals in 26 shots, and contributed 32 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists and 1 block of comprehensive personal data, but Uncle Drew's performance in the first half of this game can only be described as decent, but he stood up at the critical moment, handed over 23+6+3 personal data at the end of the fourth quarter, and his return was also the key to the Mavericks' reversal victory.
The small card is back, and Harden surpasses Jordan
Everyone knows that today's Harden can no longer be compared with his peak, sure enough, after scoring 28 points in the last game, Harden's hand became cooler, and he only hit 2 of the 10 shots outside the three-point line in this campaign, but fortunately, he broke through the inside line and made a good performance, contributing 22 points in the game, in addition to 6 rebounds and 8 assists, according to statistics, after this game, Harden's total playoff assists surpassed the basketball god's 1022 times, rising to 12th place in history.
Leonard, who came back in this game, was obviously not in his best state, and the robot shot that frightened the opponent completely lost its deterrence, and the scoring efficiency was not high, but on the defensive end, Leonard made his own contribution, and played a comprehensive individual performance of 15 + 7 + 2 + 4 + 1 in the whole game, and the other big core Paul George only scored 22 points, and the three cores did not play a performance to turn the tide, which was also the reason for the Clippers' home defeat.
Although he was not able to complete the two consecutive wins against the Mavericks at home, many fans are still optimistic about the prospects of the Clippers' promotion, and believe that as the series deepens, Leonard can gradually find his better state, as long as he can provide enough help to the team at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, the probability of the Clippers advancing is still very large, after all, the playoffs are more testing defense, and this is the biggest goal of the Mavericks!