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On May 2, Beijing time, the Clippers sat at home and the Mavericks ushered in the battle of Tianwang Mountain, Harden and George did not feel good in the first half, resulting in the Clippers remaining behind by 10 points, Hacho was still sluggish in the second half, the Mavericks relied on Doncic to lead 14-0 in the third quarter, and once led to 27 points in the final quarter, and finally the Clippers 93-123 Mavericks lost the battle of Tianwang Mountain, and the big score was 2-3 behind.
01 Player stats
Clippers: George 15 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 turnovers, Harden 7 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 turnovers, Zubac 15 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, Mann 11 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist, Coffey 3 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal, Powell 14 points, 2 rebounds and 1 steal, Westbrook 6 points and 5 rebounds, Hyland 9 points, Plumlee 3 points and 5 rebounds
Mavericks: Doncic 35 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists and 1 steal, Irving 14 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, Kleber 15 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, Jones 12 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 blocks, Lively 12 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block, Washington 2 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block
02 Match Recap
In the first quarter of the game, the Clippers made consecutive mistakes at the beginning, the Mavericks scored a 4-0 start inside, Zubac scored consecutive points to erase the difference, and then the two sides scored alternately, and the difference remained always within one round, Jones hit a three-point shot to stop the Clippers, Harden hit a three-point shot to overtake the score, Lively won the cake, Coffey hit a three-point shot and colored, Doncic threw and scored, and the Mavericks 25-24 Clippers in the first quarter.
Back in the second quarter, the Mavericks scored 4 points in a row on the inside, the Clippers relied on Powell to break through the inside line and bite the score, Kleber hit three three-pointers in a row to open the score, the Clippers relied on Powell and Mann to narrow the difference, Harden hit a mid-range shot, Zubac made a strong 2+1 basket to close to 1 point, the Mavericks relied on Gafford to play a wave of 13-2 to lead to 12 points, and the Mavericks 56-46 Clippers at halftime.
Yibian fought again, Zubac scored under the basket, Jones three points also colored, the Mavericks relied on the play of Irving and Doncic to play a wave of 14-0 offensive climax to lead to 23 points, Wei Shao broke through the inside line to make kills, Kleber and Doncic hit three points in a row to expand the lead, Powell returned three points, George hit two three-pointers in a row, Green scored 3+1, and the Mavericks ended the third quarter 89-69 Clippers.
In the final quarter of the game, although the Clippers scored, the defense still could not limit the Mavericks, and the point difference was always maintained at about 20 points, Doncic and Irving scored 5 points in a row to lead to 27 points to stop the Clippers, and the two sides changed to the bench lineup, and finally the Clippers lost to the Mavericks, falling behind 2-3.
03 Post-match analysis
In this game, the Clippers lost to the Mavericks by a large score, mainly for two reasons, Harden and George's state is sluggish, and they don't even score three points in the open position;