On May 2, Beijing time, the first round of the Western Conference playoffs had a strong dialogue, the Dallas Mavericks went to challenge the Los Angeles Clippers away, and before the game, the two sides drew 2-2.
The starting lineup for this game for the Mavericks is: Irving, Doncic, Washington, Jones, Gafford The starting lineup of the Clippers for this game is: Harden, George, Mann, Coffey, Zubac.
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Irving broke through the inside line and hit a shot, Washington received a second pass from Irving and scored a dunk, Zubac scored 4 points in a row to respond, Jones scored an empty dunk, Mann hit a three-pointer from the outside, George broke through the inside line to score, Irving broke through the inside line and threw again, and the Mavericks led the Clippers by 1 point at 10-9.
In the middle of the quarter, Lively scored a dunk under the basket, Zubac hit consecutive inside hook shots, Mann hit a layup under the impact basket, Doncic broke through the inside riding and shot an arrow, Mann hit a layup on a European step, the Clippers lost consecutive rebounds and Jones hit a three-pointer, and the Mavericks led the Clippers by 2 points at 19-17.
At the end of the quarter, Harden stepped back and hit a three-point shot, Lively responded with an inside dunk, Coffey also hit a three-pointer, Jones counterattacked and hit a dunk, Doncic broke through the inside line and scored a throw, George broke through the inside line and caused a foul and made 1 of two free throws, and the Mavericks led the Clippers by 1 point at 25-24 at the end of the first quarter.
At the end of the first quarter, the players scored as follows
At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Plumlee made 1 of two free throws, Gafford made an inside layup, Powell responded with a counterattack layup, Kleber hit a three-pointer in a row from the outside, Powell broke through and caused a foul and made 2 free throws, Mann scored on a shot, Doncic broke through the inside line and made a layup to make it 2+1, and the Mavericks led the Clippers by 7 points at 38-31.
In the middle of the quarter, Zubac scored a dunk under the basket, Kleber hit a three-pointer from the corner, and Powell responded with a broken inside throw, and the Mavericks led the Clippers by six points at 41-35 and entered the official timeout.
After the timeout, Harden broke through the inside line to score, Doncic counterattacked and hit a layup, George broke through to make a layup and hit a color, Zubac forced the inside line to score 2+1, Gafford made 1 of two free throws inside, and the Mavericks led the Clippers by 2 points at 44-42.
At the end of the quarter, Doncic hit a mid-range shot, Mann hit an inside layup and scored two points, Kleber hit an outside three-pointer, Gafford countered and hit a dunk, and Irving hit a mid-range mid-range shot, and at the end of the half, the Mavericks led the Clippers by 10 points at 56-46.
The statistics of the players at the end of the half are as follows
At the beginning of the third quarter, Zubac hit a basket, Jones hit a three-pointer from the outside, Irving counterattacked and broke through to make a layup to make it 2+1, Doncic hit a shot to stop the Clippers directly, and the Mavericks led the Clippers by 14 points at 64-50.
After the timeout, Doncic broke through the interior line and scored 7 points in a row, Jones dunked and hit a 2+1 shot, and the Mavericks played 9-0 to stop the Clippers directly, and the Mavericks led the Clippers by 23 points at 73-50.
After the timeout, Kleber hit a three-pointer from the outside, Wei Shao broke through to hit a layup, Powell broke through the inside and threw in, Doncic hit a three-pointer from the outside, Powell responded with a three-point shot, George hit a three-pointer in a row, Green scored 3+1, and the Mavericks led the Clippers by 20 points at 89-69 at the end of the third quarter.
In the final quarter, Plumlee scored a dunk under the basket, Irving hit a long-range three-pointer, Doncic also had a step-back three-pointer, Irving counterattacked and stopped the Clippers directly, and the Mavericks led the Clippers by 27 points at 99-72.
The Clippers withdrew their main team and announced their surrender, and in the end, the Clippers lost the battle of Tianwang Mountain at home, and the next game will be played on the home court of the Mavericks.
At the end of the match, the player statistics of both teams are as follows