On May 12, 2024, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs ushered in the third game of the Mavericks and the Thunder, after the two games were tied 1-1, and this game returned to the home court of the Mavericks. After the last two games, the two sides have their own advantages and disadvantages, and when they meet again, the starters of both sides have not changed, and the Thunder are still Alexander, Giddey, Dort, Jalen Williams and Holmgren. The Mavericks' starters were Doncic, Irving, Washington, Jones and Gafford respectively.
The Mavericks got off to a good start, and Alexander chased the score
In the first quarter of the game, the Mavericks started to play inside, and the success rate was much higher, Gafford scored 4 points in a row inside, Jones scored two plus one, Washington threw and shot, Doncic hit a shot, and then caused Dort to score 2 points on a three-point foul free throw, the Mavericks played a 13-5 offensive climax, and the Thunder relied on Dort's three-point throw and Giddey scored 2 points. After the Thunder adjusted, Alexander and Giddey chased four points in a row, Washington hit the Mavericks' first three-pointer, and Jaylin Williams broke through and scored two points on a foul free throw, and the two sides began to form a stalemate on the court.
When the Thunder was in adversity, Alexander stepped up, not only shooting from the middle range, but also hitting three points from the outside, and then assisted Joe to shoot three points, and the Mavericks scored two points by relying on Doncic to make foul free throws, and the Mavericks led the Thunder 26-23 at the end of the first quarter.
Doncic went into singles mode again, with back-to-back turnovers and irons
In the second quarter of the game, Washington made a three-point shot, Joe made a mid-range shot, Doncic missed, Jalen Williams broke through and scored, Hardaway hit the iron, and Jalen Williams assisted Joe to score two points to help the Thunder equalize the score. Dort also scored, Doncic made two three-pointers, Irving assisted Lively's dunk and dunked, converted the offense Jalen Williams made a three-point shot, the Thunder took a three-point lead, and the Mavericks chose to take a timeout.
After the timeout, Doncic continued to play iron, and there was no mid-range shot, Dort missed a three-pointer, Irving did not convert a three-pointer, and finally relied on Hardaway to shoot a three-pointer. After this timeout, the Thunder also lost power, Wiggins and Alexander and others did not shoot, Irving assisted Lively to complete a dunk, the Mavericks led by 2 points again, and the Thunder also chose a timeout to adjust. After the timeout, Wiggins completed a layup, Washington broke through and scored, Alexander singled Irving to cause a foul free throw to score, Lively missed the hook, Alexander scored in the middle of the shot, Washington didn't throw, Wallace made a three-point shot, and the Thunder overtook by 5 points!
Then it was Washington who made a three-pointer to help the Mavericks score, Irving scored four points in a row from the mid-range shot, Alexander hit a mid-range shot, and Doncic relied on the transition offense to use the rhythm to cause Holmgren to foul, which scored two plus one. Holmgren of the Thunder completed a dunk, Alexander made a mid-range shot, Doncic made a three-pointer, and Joe returned the three-pointer, and the Thunder took the lead 52-51 at halftime.
Washington stepped up and took up the Mavericks' offensive banner
In the second half of the game, Doncic assisted Gafford for an empty dunk, Jalen scored from mid-range, Irving assisted Gaford for an empty dunk, and Jalen returned it again! Giddey was released and shot into the top of the arc for a three-pointer, Jones made a pass error, a three-pointer and a three-pointer, Giddey broke through to complete a layup, and the Thunder stretched the score to 6 points and stopped the Mavericks. After the timeout, the Mavericks offense gave Jones consecutive misses, Doncic missed the ball, and Alexander and Jalen scored four points in a row.
Irving walked into a misunderstanding, in the last game, his teammates felt good, so he kept giving his teammates pass to create opportunities, and when he and Doncic needed to score in this game, the two didn't have much desire to attack, and they kept passing the ball and didn't score themselves, unlike the Thunder's Alexander and Jalen, who carried the team's offense.
Fortunately, the Thunder began to play iron, and finally the Mavericks relied on Lively to get a basket and caused a foul to score 3 points, Washington continued to score three points, and then made a steal to convert the offense to complete a layup, and one person scored 5 points in a row, helping the Mavericks stop the Thunder with a wave of 8-0. After the Thunder timeout, Jaylin missed a three-point shot, Josh Green made a conversion three-pointer, Joe missed a three-pointer, the Mavericks grabbed offensive rebounds in a row, Doncic singled Dort, Alexander didn't shoot, Doncic assisted Washington to hit a three-point in the bottom corner, and Washington became the Mavericks' savior! The Mavericks went on a 16-0 run!
In the end, it was replaced by the Mavericks to play iron, Doncic missed the shot, Washington missed the three-point shot, Joe cut the layup and scored, Dort threw a three-point shot, and Irving came and shot a three-point shot! Jalen Williams fell to the ground in pain with an ankle injury, and after adjustments, he was able to get up and walk and returned to the locker room of unknown condition. At the end of the third quarter, the Mavericks led the Thunder 82-78.
Jay Wei was fine, returning to normal play, the Thunder's slashing tactics failed, and Alexander lost the game with a key mistake
In the final quarter of the game, Alexander didn't rest directly, Jalen Williams returned to the court in two rounds, and it looked like there was no big problem, Hardaway broke through to score a layup, Dort missed two three-point shots, Holmgren pushed people and didn't blow, and scored two plus one under the basket. Irving scored six straight points on a pull-up jumper, Hardaway assisted on Lively's dunk, and the Thunder scored four points on Holmgren and Jalen. After adjustments, Alexander stepped back and made a three-point shot, and Doncic broke through to make a layup and caused Jaylin to interfere with the ball and score two points.
After the first timeout, Alexander caused a foul free throw to score 1 point, at this time the Thunder foul was full, began to cut Lively, Lively made 1 of 3 free throws, the Thunder made consecutive turnovers, Dort and Alexander made two consecutive turnovers, the Mavericks began to use a small lineup, replaced Lively with Hardaway, Washington began to play iron with three points in this quarter, and there were no shots twice. Holmgren grabbed an offensive rebound and scored on a layup, and Doncic drew a foul on Dort's free throw. The Mavericks quickly replaced Lively, the Thunder continued to cut, Lively hit all four of his next four free throws, the Thunder relied on Joe to shoot a three-pointer, Alexander scored a free throw, and in the last 2 minutes, the Thunder trailed by 3 points.
Doncic singled Dort's shot and missed, Alexander missed a three-point shot, Mr. Key Irving singled a left-handed layup, Alexander broke through and was blown an offensive foul, Doncic made a legendary mistake, was pressed to his foot when he fell to the ground, and covered his leg in pain after getting up, Irving fouled Holmgren and scored 2 points on free throws, and in the last 10 seconds, Dort fouled Doncic and scored 1 point on a free throw, Jewi grabbed the rebound and didn't call a timeout, dribbling over half court and shooting three points and three points, the Mavericks finally beat the Thunder 105-101, The Mavericks led the Thunder 2-1 in the series.
Full-time player stats
Mavericks: Doncic shot 7-of-17 from the field and 1-of-4 from three-point range to finish with 22 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, Irving shot 10-of-17 from the field and 2-of-6 from three-point range for 22 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 steal, Washington shot 11-of-23 from the field and 5-of-12 from three-point range for 27 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, Gafford had 8 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Jones had 3 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 steals, Lively had 12 points and 8 rebounds, Hardaway had 8 points and 2 rebounds, and Green had 3 points and 1 rebound.
Thunder: Alexander shot 10-of-23 from the field and 2-of-3 from three-point range to finish with 31 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, Jalen Williams 16 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, Holmgren 13 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, Giddey 9 points and 2 rebounds, Dort 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Joe 13 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Aaron Wiggins 6 points and 4 rebounds, Wallace 3 points and 1 rebound.
Full game summary
Overall, the Mavericks relied on Washington to support the offense in the first three quarters of the game, but fortunately their defense did a very good job, which was the key to the Mavericks' victory, and in the last quarter, Irving made a force to help the Mavericks win another game. The Thunder team faces a high-pressure defense and does not have many offensive options, even Alexander, facing the Mavericks' ferocious defense, many shots are also disrupted, and many times the Thunder will fall into a scoring drought. At the last moment, the Thunder still had a chance to overtake or tie, but unfortunately Alexander missed a three-point shot, an offensive foul, and missed the game.
The Mavericks didn't do well in the first half, especially the two points in Eastern Europe, Doncic didn't feel good, and Irving didn't have much desire to attack in the first half, but unfortunately the Thunder didn't take advantage of the opportunity in the first half.
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