NBA playoffs Western Conference semifinals G4, the Thunder played against the Mavericks, in the end, the Thunder escaped from death, and completed the reversal after falling behind by 14 points, 100-96, 4 points narrowly defeated the Mavericks, and the third 2-2 victory.
In terms of regular season standings, the Thunder ranked No. 1 in the West, and this youth team exploded this season and played quite well, sweeping the Pelicans 4-0 in the first round of the playoffs; The Mavericks, on the other hand, finished fifth in the West, and they eliminated the Clippers in the first round. In the first game, the Thunder played quite well, scoring a 22-point victory, in which Doncic played poorly, but then, the Mavericks won two more games in a row to achieve a 2-1 lead.
Although judging from the regular season record, the Thunder are better than the Mavericks, but the Thunder are young after all, and on the whole, they want to go further and face a lot of difficulties, especially Doncic and Irving, which are enough to create a lot of threat to the Thunder. G4 is more critical for the Thunder team: if you win, the two sides will enter the battle of Tianwang Mountain; If they lose, the Mavericks will get the match point, and the Thunder will really hang by a thread.
In the first quarter, the Mavericks quickly got into the groove, and the Thunder were slightly sluggish on the offensive end, and after the first quarter, the Mavericks led the Thunder by 10 points at 30-20. In the second quarter, the two teams played a difficult game as a whole in a single quarter, and except for Alexander, the rest of the Thunder players did not score double-doubles at halftime, and after halftime, the Mavericks led by 11 points.
The Mavericks fell into a slump in the third quarter, and although the Thunder didn't play particularly well, the Thunder still won by 7 points in a single quarter, and after three quarters, the difference between the two teams was only 4 points. In the fourth quarter, the Thunder gradually completed the overtake, and at the critical moment, Doncic's free throws were unstable, and then the Thunder still won without danger and completed a big reversal.
In addition, in the other games of the second round, the Nuggets 2-2 Timberwolves, the Knicks 2-2 Pacers, and the Celtics led the Cavaliers 3-1 and have already won the match point. There have been three 2-2s and three Tianwang Mountains coming in the second round, which is really exciting!