The NBA playoffs continued, and the Clippers continued to host the Mavericks at home, and in the first round of the matchup between the two teams, the Clippers defeated the Mavericks to take a 1-0 lead in the series. In the second matchup, Leonard, the core player of the Clippers, ushered in a comeback, which is also imperative for this game!
After the game began, the Mavericks' Doncic and Kleber played well, helping the Mavericks lead by four points in the first quarter, and the two teams alternated leads in the quarter, and the Mavericks still maintained a four-point lead at halftime. By the second half. The Clippers Harden and George played well, scoring consecutive points to help the Clippers overtake the score. In the final quarter, the Mavericks blossomed more, and the outside firepower was very ferocious, and finally helped the Mavericks defeat the Clippers 96-93 and bring the score to 1:1.
In the game between the Mavericks and the Clippers, there was a controversial scene in the last minute! At the end of the game with 21 seconds left, the Clippers trailed the Mavericks by three points at 90:93, at this time, the Clippers held the ball, Harden served the ball to Leonard who cut the empty cut, Leonard made a layup, and at the same time caused a foul on Irving's hitter, chasing the score to 93.
But for this ball, the Mavericks don't agree. Kidd applied for the challenge, and from the slow motion, there was no suspense in this goal, and Owen did reach out to pull Leonard, so it can be said that 2+1 is no problem. But what is jaw-dropping is that this challenge actually succeeded, and 2+1 was canceled. The score was re-changed to 90-93, and the ball was on the side of the Mavericks. This penalty also directly made the Clippers lose hope of tying the score.
Although there is some controversy about the Mavericks' win, Doncic and Irving performed very well! Doncic got 32 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists.
Irving got 23 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, although he was a little sluggish in the first quarter, but he scored 16 points in the second half, which was a major contributor to the team's victory!
Another hero of the Mavericks is Kleber, who got 6 points and 6 rebounds, although the data is relatively ordinary, but the 4 basketballs in the final quarter are very important, especially the frontcourt rebounds in the final moments, to help the team lock up the win.