On April 29, Beijing time, the Mavericks played at home against the Clippers, and the Mavericks lost to the Clippers 111-116 at the end of the game. In this series, the Clippers successfully won the game without Leonard, but after Leonard's return, it dragged down the Clippers, Leonard's slump made the Clippers very passive, so many people thought that Leonard's injury should continue to rest if it had an impact, and finally Leonard missed the G4 game because of the inflammation of his right knee, although Leonard is quite important to the Clippers, but from the G1 point of view, the Clippers played more smoothly without Leonard, so the Clippers also had a chance to win back a city at the Mavericks' home court.
After the start of the first quarter of the game, George's offensive state was hot, and Harden's play Clippers quickly opened the score, on the other hand, the Mavericks were in a sluggish state, scoring only 16 points in a single quarter, and in this case, the Clippers established a 23-point lead at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter of the game, although the Clippers took a big lead, Irving's big explosion was to help the Mavericks chase points, but at this time, George's offensive state was hot, and he frequently hit three points on the outside to help the Clippers withstand the Mavericks' counterattack, and Harden also maintained an offensive state here, so the Mavericks were suppressed by the Clippers, and the Clippers led by 17 points at halftime.
In the third quarter, the Clippers made some mistakes here, George's offense also began to decline, Irving continued to score to help the Mavericks chase 10 points, and then Mann hit a three-point shot to stop the bleeding, but in the next game, the Clippers' offense had problems again, Doncic continued to score, Jones also hit a three-point shot, Lively scored an inside dunk, and the Mavericks directly chased 2 points after Irving hit a three-point shot. In the final stages, Zubac and George scored to stabilize the situation, and the Clippers led by four points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Clippers led by 7 points under the leadership of Harden, and then Irving's offense was sluggish and missed. Plumola continued to help the Clippers extend their lead, Jones hit a three-pointer at a critical moment, Powell immediately responded with three points, but then the Mavericks tied the score with a wave of offensive climax, and then Harden finally helped the Clippers regain the lead, but Irving scored 5 points in a row to directly help the Mavericks overtake by 1 point, George hit a three-pointer at the end of the stage, and then Harden took over the game, and finally the Clippers refused to win the game with a 31-point comeback.
Although the Mavericks lost the game, it was not easy for the Mavericks to play like this, you must know that the Clippers once led to 31 points in this game, and in the face of such a dilemma, the Mavericks continued to narrow the gap in the game, of which Irving first broke out in the second quarter of the game, and Doncic continued to lead the team to chase points in the third quarter of the game, and in the fourth quarter of the game, Irving stood up to help directly help the Mavericks complete the overtake, but unfortunately the Mavericks' offense was a little sluggish at the end of the fourth quarter, and finally the Mavericks had no choice but to lose, DoncicIrving had 69 points, 17 rebounds and 15 assists. And George's initial outburst did help the Clippers establish a lead, but George's play in the second half was not too good, but George hit three points at a critical moment in the fourth quarter, and finally George got 33 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists.
As for Harden being unstoppable in this game, it can be said that if it weren't for Harden's play in the game, then it would be difficult for the Clippers to win the game, Harden had an excellent performance in the first half, although Harden once reduced the number of shots in the second half, but when the Clippers needed Harden to score in the fourth quarter of the game, Harden was able to score, especially when the Mavericks caught up with the score, Harden broke into the interior and scored continuously, relying on Harden's play The Clippers took the lead again, and finally Harden got 33 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists in 12 of 17。 And Wei Shao's play in this game is really deserved, after all, Wei Shao's offensive state is sluggish, even if Wei Shao's offensive state is sluggish, in the third quarter of the game, Wei Shao's mistakes continue to let the Mavericks chase points, it can be said that Wei Shao's performance hurt the team, and finally Wei Shao got 5 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist in 2 of 8.