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2024-04-29 10:59Posted in Beijing Sports Creators

In the G4 of the Clippers and Mavericks, Irving, George and Harden all played one of their playoff career masterpieces.

George swept away the decline of the previous game, and today he shot 11 of 19, 7 of 10 three-pointers, 4 of 7 free throws, and scored 33 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 steals and 1 block. Twenty-six of the 33 points were scored at halftime, and the Clippers were in a roar in the first half, shooting a terrifying 14-of-21 three-pointer that no team could withstand.

As a result, the Clippers once led the Mavericks by 31 points at halftime, which can basically be said to have ended the suspense of the game early. But Owen tells you that the game is far from over. After a zero in the first quarter, Irving scored 16, 10 and 14 points in the next three quarters to score 40 points in the game.

All kinds of fairy balls, all kinds of unreasonable three-pointers, and a few times Tyronn Lue took a timeout. Tyronn Lue knows best what Irving can do in this state, and with one goal he scored against a trio of Harden, George and Mann, what else could Irving not do?

This game would have ended long ago without Irving, and it was Irving who narrowed the difference a little bit. He withstood the three-man goal that allowed the Mavericks to finally overturn the 31-point deficit and overtake the Clippers. From trailing by four points at 100-104 to leading by one point at 105-104, it was Irving's five-point streak.

After Irving's goal, the Clippers were almost nailed to the Pillar of Shame. They reversed the Warriors from 31 points down in the playoffs, and now they are the ones who lead by 31 points, and they are the ones who are being overtaken. But the players on the field don't think about it so much.

In the next round, Paul George hit one of the most crucial step-back steps of the game against Jones' defense and a bottom corner three-pointer from a negative angle. The Clippers made 18 three-pointers and George had seven, but that's the key point.

After George threw in a three-point shot, Harden followed up with a throw to score 2+1, and the two scored 6 points in a row to put the victory of the game in their pockets. Kazi chose a truce today, and the Clippers played very resolutely, and they did not have the capital to continue to hesitate in their backs. The Mavericks can take a step back and go to Los Angeles to fight the Kings Mountain, while the Clippers take a step back and the abyss.

Against this backdrop, Harden has delivered a perfect answer. Played 40 minutes, 12-of-17 shooting, 4-of-5 three-pointers, 5-of-5 free throws, and exploded with 33 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. There were only 2 mistakes.

33 points is less than his season average for Harden at his peak. But for Harden at this stage, it means a lot. Harden became the first man in history to score 30+ in five different teams in the playoffs.

Is Harden going to be good in this series? He scored the highest points in all four games for the Clippers, who would have thought that before the game? He was supposed to be the character who came to hug his thighs, and he was no longer able to hold his thighs, so he had to rely on himself.

He was the first player the Clippers to practice on the Mavericks' court before the game, and he did a lot of post-break shooting drill. Harden is like a student who bets on the essay question of the college entrance examination, and he uses this hand to great skill in the final quarter.

Tied at 98-98, the Mavericks played a wave of 12-1 climax, and Harden controlled the ball to master the rhythm. Doncic defended him at this time, George came over to give Harden a cover, and Harden waved his hand to let George go away. Get rid of it, Doncic is all sent to the door, and I play Doncic.

Harden didn't get past Doncic in one step, but immediately changed direction and feints, pulled away and threw in the shot. This ball really has the shadow of Harden's peak, and the variation feint after the breakthrough, Doncic was completely deceived.

The next throw was relatively simple, Harden passed Doncic in one step, and it was Kleber who protected the rim, and the throw practice scored.

In the next round, Harden clicked on Kleber, and a hesitant step slowed the latter's reaction by half a beat, and Harden went straight in. The man who guarded the rim became PG-Washington, and Harden threw it in easily.

After George scored three points, Harden's 2+1 was still a throw, or a sudden stop in the process of breaking through, Washington was completely deceived into letting Harden in, and Kleber, who was protecting the frame, could not pose any threat, and scored 2+1.

Harden's game-winning shot was another throw, or it was an easy throw past Washington's gaze at Kleber. From 98-112, only one 3-pointer from George was out of 14 points, and the other 11 points came from Harden's throw, which was hit five in a row.

This reminds me of that year's Western Finals, Harden played Klay at the peak of defense five balls in a row, but that time Harden basically retreated and shot, and his personal ability was full. This time, Harden opted for a smarter and easier throw, in a different way but with the same effect.

But to be honest, Klay's defense and the Mavericks' defense are not at the same level at all. Klay can at least ensure that Harden won't break in easily, and these people in Harden's assault on the Mavericks made me suspect that Harden's hamstring has never had a problem.

It may be the impact of the two fouls in the opening game, Doncic played extremely poorly today, although he got a triple-double, but the data will definitely be deceiving. His defense was so bad that Kidd couldn't keep him on the court until the end, and had to make substitutions one round at a time.

Kleber played the entire fourth quarter, and I don't know what Kidd was thinking, and he didn't make any moves after being thrown in by Harden one by one. After the game, Kidd said: "I'd rather Harden score two points than he go back and shoot threes." "Well, Rubio thinks so too.

If you haven't watched the game, I suggest you watch the last 5 minutes of the game, and you can intuitively feel how strong Harden and Irving are, how key George's three-point is, and how useless Kleber is on the court.

I didn't expect Harden to have such a huge on-court impact in this round of the series, so the Mavericks' defense took care of one or the other, so the two games in which the small card came back took away some of Harden's possession, but made the Mavericks more comfortable to defend.

Kidd said that he would rather let Harden score two points, completely frightened by Harden's three-point shooting in front of him. Even so, Harden is still 4-of-5 from three-point range today, and he shot 50% from three-point range in this series.

While the other old guys were being beaten up by the youngsters, Harden stepped up and proved that he didn't want to leave the game so quickly.

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