On April 29, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and the Mavericks played at home against the Clippers. In this game, the Clippers came up with a hot momentum, and without Leonard, they once established a 31-point lead, but the Mavericks then launched a crazy counterattack, once overtaking the score, but Harden scored consecutive points to stabilize the situation. In the end, the Clippers defeated the Mavericks 116-111 to tie the series at 2-2.
In the first quarter of the game, Leonard was absent due to injury, and the Clippers did not feel good when they came in, and they played more than 3 minutes before relying on George to break the drought with three points. Doncic and Harden both drew two fouls early, and the Mavericks took the initiative at the beginning, with George scoring on a breakaway to give the Clippers an 8-7 lead. Doncic scored in the middle distance, George scored 2+1, Harden scored three points, the Mavericks' offensive touch declined, Wei Shao also scored three points, and the Clippers took a 14-point lead with a 13-0 offensive wave. Doncic broke through to stop the bleeding, but the Clippers hit consecutive three-pointers from the outside, Powell, George and Mann all hit them, and finally Powell pressed the buzzer for three points, and the Clippers led 39-16 after the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Harden scored three points, the Mavericks' offensive hand was still not good, Washington scored in the air, but Harden continued to score points, Zubac also scored points in a row, and the offensive end was completely smooth, and Doncic also received a technical foul. Then Harden's three-point surge soared again, and the score came to 55-24, but Irving's side suddenly broke out, taking the lead to play 2+1, and then hitting three points in a row, and he scored 12 points in a row to help the team stop the bleeding. Under the leadership of Irving, the Mavericks' sluggish momentum resurged, George hit consecutive three-point shots to stabilize, Wei Shao's side missed two free throws, and the Mavericks trailed the Clippers 49-66 at halftime.
Yibian fought again, the Mavericks continued to counterattack, Zubac scored inside, Mann scored three points, but the Mavericks continued to score points, the Clippers' offensive feel declined, and Irving broke through and scored, and the score came to 61-71. Mann hit a three-pointer to stop the bleeding, then Harden had four fouls, the Clippers' offense suddenly lost power, and the Mavericks Jones Jr. and Irving hit three-pointers, and a wave of 11-0 offense, the score came to 76-78. The Clippers made consecutive mistakes, Zubac dunked and George counterattacked, but fortunately, the Mavericks failed to continue the momentum during this time, and trailed the Clippers 78-82 after three quarters.
In the final quarter of the game, Doncic broke through and scored, Powell broke through to respond, and Plumlee scored 4 points in a row to stabilize the situation. The Mavericks' offensive touch also began to decline, the Clippers stretched the difference to 11 points again, Jones Jr. hit a three-point shot to stop the bleeding, Powell responded, Irving scored three points, Kleber also scored three points, Doncic scored three points, and the score was tied at 98. Harden scored 6 points in a row to help the Clippers stabilize the situation, Irving could still score three points, and Irving broke through to score and overtake. George hit a three-pointer to stop the bleeding, Harden hit 2+1, and then threw and scored again, the Mavericks failed to respond, and finally lost to the Clippers 111-116, and the series score came to 2-2.
In this game, Harden stepped up, scored 15 points alone in the final quarter, and scored 33 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists in the game, withstanding the Mavericks' counterattack. George also had 33 points, six rebounds and eight assists, while Zubac had 13 points. The Mavericks scored 69 points in Eastern Europe, including 40 points for Irving and 29 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for Doncic.