On April 29, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and in the two games played in the early morning, the Clippers Harden dreamed of returning to the top and helped the team win the game and tied the series at 2-2; Knicks Brunson scored 47 points and 10 assists, directly beating Embiid, helping the Knicks lead 3-1; the league announced the best coach of the season, and the Thunder Dagneault was elected without suspense.
The Clippers challenged the Mavericks on the road, with Kawhi Leonard sidelined due to injury. But after a brief slump on the Clippers, the outside line found its touch, began to take the initiative on the court, and continued to widen the point difference, and took a lead of up to 31 points. However, after the Mavericks launched a crazy counterattack, successfully narrowing the point difference, Irving scored 5 points in a row in the final quarter to complete the overtake, fortunately, George hit three points, and then Harden scored consecutive breakthroughs to help the Clippers withstand the Mavericks' counterattack, and finally won 116-111.
In this game, Harden directly dreamed of returning to the top, taking over the game in the final quarter, scoring 15 points in a single quarter, helping the team withstand the Mavericks' counterattack. Harden was 12-of-17 from the field, 4-of-5 from three-point range, with 33 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists. The Mavericks almost completed a 31-point comeback, but unfortunately they couldn't limit Harden in the final moments, and Doncic and Irving scored 69 points.
The Knicks challenged the 76ers away from home, and the 76ers won the last game and saw an opportunity to equalize the score. But this time, Brunson ushered in a big outburst and directly finished Embiid, helping the team withstand the 76ers' counterattack in the final quarter under the unfavorable situation of falling behind by 12 points, and successfully won the victory, and the series score came to 3-1 and got the match point in advance. Brunson scored 47 points and 10 assists in the game, and such a hot performance directly won the cheers of the MVP of Philadelphia fans. Embiid scored 1 point on 0-of-5 shooting in the final quarter with only one free throw, and finished with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists.
The NBA officially announced the Coach of the Year award this season, and Thunder coach Dagneault received the award.
The award was also unassuming, as Dagneault led the young Thunder to the No. 1 spot in the West, with a 57-25 record. He was the head coach of the Thunder in 2020 and led the team through a rebuild that now leads the Pelicans 3-0 in the playoffs.