Irving scored 40 points and Harden exploded with 33 points: 15 points in the final quarter

Jialu takes stock of sports

2024-04-29 06:26Posted in Jiangxi Sports Creator

On April 29, Beijing time, in the first round of the NBA playoffs G4, the Clippers narrowly defeated the Mavericks 116-111 on the road, and the team refused to make a 31-point reversal and won the series G4, with a big score of 2-2. Harden performed well in this game, he dreamed of returning to the top and got 33 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists in the whole game, scored 15 points in the final quarter, and scored consecutive throws at critical moments, he was the biggest contributor to the team's victory in this game, George got 33 points and 8 assists, and played in the first and last quarters. On the Mavericks' side, Irving scored 40 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, and Doncic had 29 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.

After returning to play two games, Leonard was absent from this game, and in the absence of a full recovery from injury, Leonard did affect the Clippers in the game, he was lost on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and the team's rhythm was also disrupted, which also caused the Clippers to lose two games in a row. And this Leonard indeed, the Clippers played a G1-like performance in the first quarter, George and Harden broke out at the same time, the team hit three points from the outside, and the Clippers exploded 39-16 in a single quarter, leading the Mavericks by as many as 23 points, of which George scored 16 points on 6 of 9 shots in a single quarter, completely ushering in an explosion.

In the second quarter of the game, the Clippers led the Mavericks by 31 points at most, the team had an obvious advantage, when the score was behind, Irving stepped forward, he completely took over the Mavericks' offense, scored continuously inside and outside, and scored 16 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists in 5 shots in a single quarter, and the Mavericks team recovered 6 points in a single quarter under the leadership of Irving. At the end of the half, the Mavericks trailed the Clippers by 17 points, and the score gap was still very large.

In the third quarter, the Clippers fell into a long period of no scoring, and the Mavericks seized the opportunity, Irving and Doncic combined for 18 points in a single quarter, and the team responded with a 29-16 offensive wave to recover 13 points. After the first three quarters of the game, the Mavericks only trailed the Clippers by 4 points, and the Clippers were suppressed by the Mavericks in two consecutive quarters except for playing well in the first quarter.

In the final quarter of the game, the Clippers opened up the gap again, and the team even made three points from the outside, but the Mavericks were also able to respond, Kleber and Doncic also hit three points from the outside, and the Mavericks quickly played a wave of 12-1 offense to tie the score. In the last 4 minutes, Harden scored 4 points in a row, Irving responded with a long-range three-pointer, and then scored a single Mann throw, and the Mavericks took the lead by 1 point. George scored three difficult points, Irving didn't throw, Harden hit 2+1, Doncic hit two free throws, Harden threw and left, as Harden and George hit free throws, the game also lost suspense, and finally the Clippers refused to make a 31-point reversal on the road, won the game without danger, and successfully equalized the score.

The Clippers led by 31 points at the most in this game, and the team completely blew up the Mavericks at the beginning, but Irving stepped up and helped the team slowly close the gap with his unwilling to admit defeat, and the team managed to overtake the score in the final minute of the final quarter. However, the Clippers still stabilized the lead, Harden dreamed of returning to the top of the game, and ended the suspense with consecutive throws, and when Leonard couldn't play, Harden and George found the rhythm of G1 to help the team get away from the road.

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