On April 29, Beijing time, the first round of the NBA playoffs in the West G4, the Mavericks hosted the Clippers, and in the end, the Clippers defeated the Mavericks 116-111, and the series was tied 2-2! In this game, Harden scored 33 points, and he was even more brave in the last quarter, leading the team to withstand the Mavericks' counterattack; George scored 33 points, Irving scored 40 points, and Doncic scored 29 points.
After the first three games, the Mavericks overtook 2-1! In the first quarter, the Mavericks started 4-0, George opened three times, Gafford made a good shot, Coffey was mid-range in the corner, Zubac turned and hooked his hand, George went up the free throw line, Mann hit both free throws, Doncic hit the board in the middle distance, the Clippers played a 13-0 to open the difference, and Doncic broke through to stop the bleeding. Powell, George and Mann made three consecutive points, and the difference was directly 22 points! Doncic made free throws to stop the decline, and Powell continued to score three points, and the first quarter passed, and the Clippers led by 23 points at 39-16.
In the second quarter, Harden came up with three consecutive points, Washington continued to be from mid-range, Jones hit a layup, Harden and Zubac scored 4 points in a row, Doncic continued to play the board, the Clippers scored 5 points in a row, and Irving and Doncic scored consecutive points to stop the Clippers. George continued with a three-pointer, and the margin still hovered around 20 points, and after halftime, the Clippers led the Mavericks by 17 points.
In the third quarter, Irving was in the middle distance, Zubac turned and hooked, the Mavericks chased 4 points in a row, Mann scored three points in an open position, Jones and Irving chased 6 points in a row, chased 10 points, and stopped the Clippers. Mann added a three-pointer, Zubac made an empty catch, Doncic hit the mid-range, and Coffey made a quick stop to shoot, and the Mavericks went on an 11-0 run to score two points. Zubac followed up with a dunk to stop the bleeding, George Europe stepped up, and Doncic scored an empty cut to give the Clippers a four-point lead at 82-78 after three quarters.
In the fourth quarter, Doncic threw a low shot, Powell also colored, and Plumlee scored four points in a row to stop the Mavericks. Harden threw from the free throw line, Plumlee took another double-digit lead, Jones stopped the bleeding with a three-pointer in the open space, Powell received the ball and colored, Irving broke through and scored, and Willis followed up with a layup. Irving hit a three-pointer, Washington scored on a quick layup, and Kleber and Doncic hit back-to-back three-pointers to tie the game. Harden threw to stop the bleeding, Irving responded quickly, and Harden made consecutive throws to stop the Mavericks. Irving scored five points in a row to take the lead. George made a difficult three-pointer, Harden hit 2+1 again, Doncic made free throws, Harden hit another shot, and then the Clippers still beat the Mavericks without danger.