On May 14, Beijing time, the Mavericks played against the Thunder at home, in fact, after the Thunder won the G1 game, many people had a lot of expectations for the Thunder, but the Mavericks gradually found their state in the next game, especially when Washington became a wonder soldier on the court, the Mavericks successfully won two games, and the Thunder will also face a huge challenge at this time, after all, the Thunder's original intention was to prevent Doncic and Irving, but now the Mavericks have a surprise soldier like Washington, In this case, the Thunder will need to change their defensive strategy, and they can't let Washington beat them again.
In the first quarter of the game, Holmgren dunked and scored, after Keady completed the steal, Alexander hit the iron with three points, Doncic grabbed the rebound and shot after Washington hit the three-point iron, Doncic also hit the iron after Jerway shot the iron, and then Keady shot and hit, and then Irving assisted Gafford to dunk and score, after Keady made a walking error, Doncic caused Dort to foul 2 of 2 free throws, and after Gafford scored free throws, Jay Wei burst to the inside to score, and then Gafford scored 4 points in a row, Doncic hit three points, and the Mavericks also led to 8 points. After a timeout, Jones threw a shot, and after the Thunder counterattack failed, Washington also hit a three-point shot, and then Dort and Wiggins hit a three-point shot, but Jones hit a three-point shot on the Mavericks' side, and Washington also hit a long-range shot, and then Wiggins finally scored a free throw to stop the bleeding, and the Thunder chased 10 points after Alexander scored. Exem helped the Mavericks hold on to the lead in the closing stages, and the Thunder trailed by 10 points at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, the Mavericks made a mistake and Jawee counterattacked to score 2 points, Doncic hit a three-point shot after Keady hit a three-point shot, and then Green fouled Jay in advance and scored 1 point on a free throw, Exum made a layup and Keady was capped after he made a layup, Dort also hit a three-point iron after Exum dunked and dunked, and Hardaway hit a three-point shot after Holmgren hit a three-point shot, Dort made a foul and hit a three-point shot after 2 of 2 free throws, and then Irving assisted Lively to dunk and score, After Holmgren made 1-of-2 free throws, the Thunder trailed the Mavericks by seven points. After a timeout, Irving assisted on Gafford and Washington to score inside, and after Doncic hit back-to-back irons, Alexander hit a mid-range shot, but then Irving also hit a mid-range shot, giving the Mavericks an 11-point lead. At the end of the stage, Alexander and Dort hit shots, and Washington hit three points at critical moments, although Dort and Jaewell were able to score after that, but Irving and Doncic also hit three-pointers, and the Thunder trailed by 11 points at halftime.
In the first half, the Thunder played quite hard, and the slump of outside three-pointers made the Thunder play very passively, at this time, if it was not for Alexander's hard support, then the Thunder would have fallen behind by more points, and Alexander got 12 points and 3 rebounds at the end of the half. In the face of such a difficult situation, the Thunder need to come up with a better offensive performance in the second half, especially on the outside three-point, Dort and Jewei need to show a better performance here, after all, if the Thunder can't hit three points, then with the Mavericks' internal ability, it is really difficult for the Thunder to turn the tables.
Doncic's offensive efficiency in the first half of the game was average, and at the end of the half, Doncic got 12 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, but in the first half of the game, the Mavericks had a surprise soldier, and this person was Washington, in the first half, the Thunder continued to give Washington some vacant opportunities, at this time Washington was able to hit three points, which was a huge help to the Mavericks, and Washington got 11 points and 4 rebounds at the end of the half. And Owen is also meritorious here, after all, Owen played too sober in the game, at the beginning Owen organized his teammates to score, and then when his teammates did not attack well, Owen himself stood up and scored, it can be said that Owen's choice is really too wise, and at the end of the half, Owen got 4 points, 1 rebound and 7 assists.