At 9:30 a.m. Beijing time on May 8, the NBA playoffs Western Conference semifinals Thunder hosted the Mavericks. Williams, Holmgren; The Mavericks' starting lineup is Doncic, Irving, Jones, Washington, and Gafford
At the beginning of the first quarter, Washington hit a 3-point shot from the outside, Alexander shot back for 2 points, Dort also drew a bow and shot a 3-point shot from a distance, and Doncic scored 2 points from the back, and the opening game was tied 5-5. Doncic shot a 3-pointer from the outside, Holmgren easily put in 2 points under the basket, and then he added 2 points to the top of Taishan, and the two sides fell into offensive mode.
The fight continued in the second quarter, Hardaway Jr. scored 2 points on an inside hook layup, and Joe Ma hit a 3-point shot from the outside to fight back. Wiggins also drew a bow and shot a long-range 3-pointer to score, and the Thunder scored six consecutive points to overtake the score at 29:25. Irving scored two points on a foul free throw, then continued to step back and scored five more points to tie the game again at 29:29. After two quarters of fighting, the Thunder led the Mavericks by 9 points at 62:53.
In the third quarter, Irving hit a 2-point jumper, then executed a technical free throw to add 1 point, Alexander also won a two-point free throw, and Gafford scored 2+1 against the defense, and the Mavericks chased it to 59:66. Washington's outside cold arrow shot 3 points into the net steadily, and Irving also only knew how to bend the bow and shoot the eagle eagle to score 3 points, which was very powerful, and the Mavericks chased two three-pointers again to 65:66 and fell behind by 1 point. The two sides fell into a state of scuffle, and the Thunder continued to lead by 10 points at 89:79 after the third quarter.
The fourth quarter came to the tiebreaker! Holmgren jumped high from the outside and hit a 3-pointer, Gafford made a foul and made two free throws to add one point, and Holmgren hit a one-handed dunk for two points, and Washington also scored two points on a back-back shot, and the Mavericks trailed by 12 points at 82:94. Irving scored 2 points on a breakaway layup, and Jalen. Williams immediately hit a fast-break 2-pointer, Irving hit an unreasonable 3-pointer from the outside, and Jalen. Williams was also unceremoniously fired back with a 3-pointer, which is very tough! At the end of the final quarter, the Thunder easily defeated the Mavericks 117-95 and won a 1-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals!