On April 29, Beijing time, the first round of the NBA playoffs G4 began to start, the Dallas Mavericks sat at home against the Los Angeles Clippers, and the core player of the Clippers Leonard continued to miss the game due to a knee injury, and Coffey was the top starter.
The starting lineup of the Clippers is: Harden, George, Coffey, Mann, Zubac, and the Mavericks' starting lineup is Doncic, Irving, Jones, Washington, and Gafford
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the two sides played iron continuously in the first two minutes of the game, Doncic broke through the interior and caused two fouls and two free throws, and then faced Harden hit a mid-range jumper, George responded with a three-point shot, Kofei also hit a mid-range shot, Gafford caused a foul and hit two free throws, Zubac scored with a hook under the basket, George broke through and hit, and the Clippers overtook the score 9-8.
In the middle of this quarter, Mann hit two free throws, Doncic made a quick stop to hit the board from mid-range, Harden made two free throws due to a foul, George hit the inside and scored 2+1, and the Clippers led the Mavericks by 6 points at 16-10.
At the end of the quarter, Harden stepped back and hit a three-pointer, Wei Shao also hit a three-pointer in the bottom corner, George scored on a mid-range shot, Doncic broke through and hit a throw, Green caused Plumlee to foul and hit two free throws, Pokobe came off the bench to pull out a three-point shot, George counterattacked and hit a three-pointer again, the Clippers made a three-pointer away and stopped the Mavericks again, and the Clippers led the Mavericks by 16 points at 30-14,
After the timeout, Mann hit a three-pointer, George hit a three-pointer, and Powell countered with a three-pointer to hit the whistle, and the first quarter ended with the Clippers leading the Mavericks by 23 points at 39-16.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Washington broke through the interior to score, Harden hit a three-pointer, Washington received Doncic's second pass and dunk, and the Clippers called a timeout, and the score was 42-20 for the Clippers to lead the Mavericks by 22 points.
After the pause, Harden hit a three-pointer, Jones broke through the inside line and made a layup, Harden hit a mid-range shot, Zubac scored continuously inside, Doncic broke through the inside line and hit a shot in response, Harden hit a three-point shot again, Irving hit a mid-range jumper and caused Mann to foul and play 2+1, and then hit a three-pointer in a row to score 9 points in a row, directly stopping the Clippers, and the Mavericks chased the score to 33-55 and trailed the Clippers by 22 points.
At the end of the quarter, George hit consecutive three-pointers, Irving hit a three-pointer and responded again, Lively counterattacked with an empty dunk, Washington could also hit a three-point shot, Harden responded with a mid-range shot, Irving counterattacked a mid-range jumper and hit again, Lively counterattacked and broke through to the layup, George pulled a three-pointer and hit it again, and the Clippers led the Mavericks 66-49 at halftime.
At the end of the half, the players scored as follows
At the beginning of the third quarter, Irving hit a mid-range jumper, Zubac scored a hook shot under the basket, Jones grabbed a counterattack and hit a dunk, Doncic also hit a Mann three-point shot to help the team break the scoring drought, Irving broke through the layup and then stopped the Clippers directly, and the Mavericks chased the score to 61-71, only 10 points behind the Clippers.
After the timeout, Mann hit a three-pointer, Doncic broke through and caused a foul, hit both free throws, Zubac made a dunk under the basket, Lively made a 2+1 basket, Irving hit a three-pointer, the Mavericks chased the score to 76-78, stopped the Clippers, and the Mavericks chased the score to 76-78 and only trailed by 2 points.
At the end of the quarter, Zubac scored a dunk, George scored 2+1, Doncic counterattacked and scored a layup, and the Clippers led the Mavericks by 4 points at 82-78 at the end of the third quarter.
In the final quarter, Doncic broke through and hit a throw, Powell responded with a mid-range shot, and Plumlee hit two shots inside to stop the Mavericks, and the Clippers led the Mavericks by seven points at 88-81.
After the timeout, Harden broke through the inside and hit a shot, Jones hit a three-pointer, Powell hit a three-pointer and also colored, Irving broke through the inside to score, Wei Shao counterattacked and hit a layup, Irving pulled a three-pointer and hit again, and the Mavericks trailed the Clippers by 8 points at 89-97.
In the middle of the quarter, Washington counterattacked and broke through to make a layup to make it 2+1, Kleber hit a three-pointer, Doncic hit a three-pointer to equalize the score, Harden responded with a continuous breakthrough inside, Irving hit a three-pointer to respond, and then broke through the inside line and threw again, and the Mavericks overtook the score 105-104,
In the final period, Harden and George took over the game and scored consecutive points, and Harden scored 15 points alone in the final quarter, and finally the Clippers defeated the Mavericks 116-111 on the road, bringing the score to a 2-2 draw.
The scores at the end of the game are as follows