On May 14, Beijing time, the Mavericks VS Thunder at home, once the Thunder loses in this G4, the probability of the first out of the West will exceed 92.7%, and it has to be said that for OKC, it is equivalent to a battle of life and death. The Thunder fell behind 8-22 at one point in the opening game, but they relied on hard defense, but Doncic and Irving were too strong, and the Thunder fell behind the Mavericks 43-54 at halftime.
The Mavericks' offense in the opening game was too aggressive, Doncic made a foul after hitting the outside, Doncic scored 7 points in a row, Gafford basketed Alexander, Giddey, Jones Jr. also hated Giddey, Giddey was capped 3 in the first quarter, and the Mavericks were all kinds of counterattacks after the Thunder was blocked, and a wave of 22-8 directly made Dam Porter blackface.
After Aaron Wiggins came on the court, the Thunder's offensive efficiency improved a little, Wiggins scored 6 points in a row, SGA made fouls outside the three-point line and made all three free throws, the Thunder trailed by 10 points in the first quarter, SGA 6 points and 2 rebounds in the first quarter, Doncic 7 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist in the first quarter, Doncic's performance was significantly better.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Wiggins continued to score points, Jay Wei scored 5 points in a row, the Thunder once narrowed to 7 points, Kidd called a timeout, at this time Doncic had not yet played, Irving did not shoot, he assisted Gafford for a dunk, an assist for Jones dunk, the Mavericks pulled away to 11 points again to stop the Thunder, and Doncic then appeared.
Irving finally broke the scoring drought with a mid-range, Alexander responded with a mid-range shot, Holmgren hated Washington twice, the Mavericks scored a 24-second shot, Dort hit a mid-range shot narrowed to 7 points, Washington immediately returned a three-point shot and then to 10 points, the tug-of-war between the two teams was very exciting, Doncic made a mistake but SGA was capped, Doncic shook SGA to Washington three-point card frame, Irving pulled two points, Doncic hit a three-point shot, and Holmgren missed the whistle.
After the half, Alexander had 12 points and 3 rebounds, Doncic had 12 points and 8 rebounds, Irving had 4 points and 7 assists, Washington had 11 points and 4 rebounds, Irving had a plus/minus of +19, and Washington had a plus/minus of +16.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream