At 9:30 on May 8, the NBA playoffs Western Conference semifinals G1, the Mavericks challenged the Thunder away. In the previous game, the Thunder eliminated the Pelicans in 8th place in the West 4-0 as the 1st in the West! The Mavericks, who are ranked No. 5 in the West, put on a good show and eliminated the Clippers 4-2. The Thunder have been exceptionally good this season, leading the rankings, but they can't ignore the combination of Doncic and Irving, who have played exceptionally well in the playoffs. Therefore, this round of the series still has a lot of suspense.
The first quarter of the first half was difficult to solve, and in the second quarter, the Thunder opened up the difference under the leadership of Alexander and others. In the third quarter, Doncic's hand was still sluggish, and the Mavericks were unable to overtake the score. At one point, Owen led the team to narrow down to 1 point. The Thunder gradually widened the point difference, especially after a wave of timeouts, hitting 4 three-pointers in a row and directly throwing off the point difference! Since then, the Thunder have extended their advantage to 15 points! Washington scored on a throw-up, Jalen Williams missed a three-step layup, Irving pushed forward and hit a three-point buzzer. After three quarters, the Mavericks trailed 79-89.
In the final quarter, Holmgren made a layup and was capped, and Irving missed a breakthrough jumper. Holmgren hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner, and then Holmgren scored on a dunk. Washington breaks through the bottom corner and throws to score. Jalen Williams scored back-to-back points and forced a timeout, with 7 minutes and 38 seconds left in the final quarter, and the Thunder led by 15 points! The Lone Ranger gave up directly, Mingjin withdrew his troops, and finally swallowed the 95-117 fiasco.
The series score came to 1-0, and the Western leaders were different! Doncic made 1-of-8 three-pointers and was very sluggish.
In the post-game interview, Doncic said frankly, who cares, we lost, man. Now it's time to look at the next game and I and the team need to do better. It can be seen that Doncic is a little frustrated, but he can only work hard for the next game.