On April 29, 2024, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs ushered in the fourth game between the Mavericks and the Clippers, after the Mavericks led the Clippers 2-1, and the two games of the Clippers Leonard's comeback did not have much actual help on the court, and it was difficult for him to play with an injury, but let the Mavericks win two games in a row. Aware of this problem, Coach Lu finally decided to keep Leonard out for this game, the Clippers starters were Harden, George, Mann, Coffey and Zubac, and the Mavericks started the same as Doncic, Irving, Washington, Jones and Gafford .
The Clippers picked up, and George Harden teamed up to beat the Mavericks
In the first quarter of the game, both sides gave enough defensive intensity, and the Mavericks relied on Doncic to take the lead in breaking the deadlock, scoring four points in a row, while the Clippers did not score for 3 minutes, and finally relied on George to beat Jones alone, and scored three points! Then Kofi, Zubac and George scored six points in a row to help the Clippers overtake the score for the first time. It can be clearly seen that the Clippers have accelerated the game this time, as long as there is a conversion, they will make a decisive shot! The small card is not there, the offensive Harden is activated, not only can cause foul free throws to score, but also pull out three points, George also took on the team's offense, and the Clippers quickly stretched the difference to 9 points, stopping the Mavericks again.
Then the Mavericks still struggled to score, Wei Shao scored three points, and George also scored in the middle of the shot, continuing the offensive climax. In the end, the Mavericks relied on Green to make foul free throws to score 2 points, but Powell, George and Mann made four three-pointers in a row, and the difference was further widened, and Doncic's last two free throws seemed to be a drop in the bucket, and Powell's three-point shot at the buzzer was also hit! At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers led the Mavericks by 23 points 39-16! The Clippers made 8 of 11 three-pointers in a single quarter! George made three three-pointers alone and scored 16 points in a single quarter, while Doncic scored 10 points.
Harden, Irving, and George take turns performing
In the second quarter of the game, the Clippers relied on Harden to score two three-pointers in a row, Mavericks Washington scored 4 points in a row, Jones scored a layup, Doncic still didn't open the three-point shot, and the defensive end was also scored by Harden's single shot, and then Harden assisted Zubac to complete the throw. Harden continued to perform, assisting Zubac for a dunk, and then singled Doncic to step back and hit a three-pointer! Harden had already scored 11 points in just six minutes. The Mavericks relied on Irving to score two plus one, and in the face of George's defense, George made a mistake, Green steals and assists Irving, who is fast, converts three-point shots, hollows into the net, and Irving alone plays a wave of 9-0!
After the timeout, George made a three-point shot, Irving had a three-point shot, and then Irving assisted Lively to complete a dunk! George returned a three-point shot! Irving assisted Washington to return the three-point shot, Harden made a single shot, and Irving returned the mid-range dribble shot! George finally lost the power of the three-pointer, but Irving couldn't stop it, and assisted Lively to complete a layup in European steps! The difference returned to 18 points! George singled Lively's three-point shot, the Clippers began to wrap up Irving, Doncic held the ball and shot three without sticking, Lively turned decay into magic, received Doncic's ball to complete the empty catch, but became Doncic's assist! Then Powell and Mann missed the layup, Irving broke through and caused foul free throws to continue to score, and the Mavericks chased the score to 17 points at halftime 49-66! This quarter is considered a fairy fight, first with Harden's individual performance, and then with Irving's power against the Clippers' George, Irving scored 16 points in a single quarter, Harden scored 13 points, George scored 10 points, and Doncic scored 2 points.
The Clippers were in a lot of trouble, and the Mavericks took advantage of the situation to narrow the score
In the second half of the game, Irving continued to score on a mid-range shot, Jones dunked, Doncic also hit a mid-range shot, Jones completed a layup, Washington stealed Harden, Irving scored 4 points in a row from mid-range, and the difference returned to 10 points! The Clippers relied on Zubac's hook hand to score 2 points and a three-pointer scored by Coffey. The Clippers didn't let Harden hold the ball during this time, but tried to let George go with the ball and play alone, which was not a wise choice. After the Clippers took a timeout, they let Harden hold the ball, but there was a mistake on the first offense, and then they began to let George hold the ball, but fortunately, Mann, who was released in the assist, threw a three-point shot in the bottom corner, Doncic singled George to use the rhythm to cause George to foul and score a free throw, George broke through the point to Zubac to complete the dunk, and Doncic made a mid-range shot.
Then the two sides were in a lot of situations on the court, Gafford blocked and fouled, Jones missed a dunk, Coffey received the ball out of bounds, Mann made a mistake and fell to the ground and pulled Doncic's foot, George broke through the hat and offensive foul and so on. The Mavericks took the lead in breaking the deadlock, Jones singled George to break through to complete a layup, Doncic singled Harden and was pulled, but unfortunately Doncic missed two free throws, but fortunately, Jones was angry and received Doncic's assist to shoot three points, and the difference returned to within 10 points. Wei Shao made a passing error, Doncic missed a three-point shot, Lively grabbed a rebound and gave the ball to Irving outside the three-point line, Irving broke through the ball and returned to Lively to complete the dunk! Zubac dunk was blocked, Jones assisted Irving to shoot a three-pointer, and the difference returned to 2 points.
After the Clippers timeout, George broke through and continued to play iron, Irving pulled three points and failed to continue, Wei Shao missed a layup, Zubac scored a dunk, Kleber made a pass error, George converted the offense and scored (the last 37 seconds, this was George's first score in this quarter), Lively assisted Doncic to make a layup, George fouled Doncic in the next round, Doncic missed three points (0 of 7 three-pointers), the Mavericks chased the score to 4 points 78-82 at the end of the third quarter, and the Clippers only scored 16 points in a single quarter.
At the critical moment, Harden stepped up to save the Clippers from the building!
In the final quarter of the game, Wei Shao missed the layup at the beginning, Doncic threw and scored, Powell also threw a shot to make a layup, Gafford threw himself and grabbed himself, and scored 1 point by a foul free throw, Powell missed the shot, Plumlee scored a basket, Doncic made a pass mistake and was stealed by Wei Shao, Harden assisted Plumlee to complete the dunk! The difference returned to 7 points, and the Mavericks took a timeout in less than 2 minutes.
After the Mavericks took a timeout, they were replaced by a small lineup, Jones replaced Gafford with Jones, Irving missed a layup, Powell hit the referee and didn't blow it, Harden converted the offensive throw and scored, Irving made a mistake in the breakthrough and was stealed by Powell, and Willis assisted Plumlee to complete the empty dunk, and the difference returned to 11 points. Jones Jr. had a stable game, the Mavericks relied on him to take the lead in scoring three points to break the deadlock, Powell was let go and immediately returned a shot, Irving finally scored a layup, and the Clippers began to play a team game, George gave the ball to Plumlee on the fast side, and Wei Shao cut to Plumlee to complete the layup.
Irving shook off Plumlee's three-point shot, the Clippers missed consecutive shots, Washington grabbed a foothold and scored two plus one against Plumlee, Doncic defended Zubac and received his fifth foul! Zubac hit one of two free throws, Kleber hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner, and the difference returned to three points. Mann missed a three-pointer from the bottom corner, and Doncic singled out Zubac for a three-pointer to help the Mavericks equalize.
At the critical moment, Harden stood up, Harden named Doncic to throw and score, Irving singled George to break through the board and score, and the two sides began to find the opponent's weakness! Harden continued to single Doncic Doncic didn't dare to give the confrontation because of five fouls on his back, Harden easily threw and scored, Irving was blocked by George for three points, Harden broke through the layup and hit the middle, and one scored 6 points in a row!
After the Mavericks took a timeout, Irving made a three-point shot from beyond the distance! Harden broke through to a layup and missed the touch! Irving scored a layup, and the Mavericks took a one-point lead! Stopped the Clippers. After the timeout, George, who had been invisible for a long time, made a three-point shot, Irving missed a layup, Harden grabbed the rebound, singled Washington to break through and scored two plus one, Kleber saw Harden coming under the basket and chose to let Harden go to block Zubac! Doncic broke through and scored a foul free throw, Harden broke through and scored on a throw-in (Kleber and Washington's defense was the same as the previous round, they didn't explain clearly, Kidd's small lineup suffered a bad result), Washington missed a three-point shot, Washington fouled George, sent George a free throw to score 1 point, and trailed by 6 points in the last 26 seconds, which was already difficult to chase. Doncic broke through to complete a layup, Green sent Harden to the free throw line for 2 points, Westbrook fouled Irving for 2 points, George scored 1 point on a free throw, Irving missed a three-pointer, and the game was over, and finally the Clippers beat the Mavericks 116-111 to defend the final victory and rewrite the series score to a 2-2 draw.
Full-time player stats
Mavericks: Irving had 40 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists on 14-of-25 shooting and 6-of-12 three-pointers, Doncic had 29 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists on 10-of-24 shooting and 1-of-9 three-pointers, Jones Jr. had 14 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist, Washington had 10 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, Gafford had 5 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Lively had 8 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist, Kleber had 3 points and 2 rebounds, and Green had 2 points.
Clippers: George had 33 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 steals on 11-of-19 shooting and 7-of-10 three-pointers, Harden had 33 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists on 12-of-17 shooting and 4-of-5 three-pointers, Zubac had 13 points and 4 rebounds, Mann had 11 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Coffey had 4 points and 3 rebounds, Powell had 11 points, Westbrook had 5 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals, and Plumlee had 6 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.
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