In the first round of the NBA playoffs in the Western Conference 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, the Clippers were overtaken by 31 points at one point, but they still withstood the pressure to win.
In the first three games of the series, although the Clippers took the lead, the Mavericks then won two games in a row, including one away and one at home, and played quite strongly, and the series was 2-1 to complete the overtake, and the Clippers fell into passivity. G3, Leonard was absent, Coffey continued to start in his place, Harden and George led the start, and on the Mavericks' side, Doncic and Irving's "Eastern European combination" led the start. Judging from the performance of the two teams in the last game, George and others are in a slump, and if the Clippers lose G3 again, then they will send match points, and then they will really be on the edge of the cliff.
In the first quarter, the Clippers quickly got into the groove, and it didn't take long to quickly open up the difference, Harden and others were in quite good shape, and the Clippers led by as many as 23 points 39-16 in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Mavericks once played a small climax of chasing points, Irving led the team well, but the Clippers still withstood the pressure, the Mavericks recovered 6 points 33-27 in a single quarter, and after halftime, the Clippers still led by 17 points, and the advantage was quite obvious.
In the third quarter, the Clippers were a little passive, especially when Harden was not on the court, the Mavericks set off a wave of counterattacks, with a wave of offensive momentum once chased only 2 points, biting the score, the two teams fell into a tug-of-war, the Mavericks won 29-16 in a single quarter by 13 points, and after three quarters, the Clippers' advantage was only 4 points. In the fourth quarter, the Clippers led by 11 points, but the Mavericks quickly equalized the score, Kleber and Doncic hit consecutive three-pointers, and under pressure, Harden scored six points in a row to stabilize the situation, but Irving scored five points in a row after a timeout. George hit a three-pointer, Harden scored 2+1, Doncic just scored a free throw, Harden threw back the salute, and the Clippers still had a thrilling win and refused a 31-point reversal.
Harden contributed 33 points in the whole game and 15 points in the final quarter, which was really crazy and led the team to refuse a big comeback, in addition, George also contributed 33 points. In fact, in the first three games, the Clippers also lost the two games in which Leonard played, who is not embarrassed?