On May 14, 2024, Beijing time, in the Western Conference semifinals of the NBA playoffs, the Mavericks ushered in the G4 battle with the Thunder at home. The Thunder are desperate to equalize today's game, otherwise they will be in a desperate situation after falling behind 1-3, can they do it? Mavericks starters: Doncic + Irving + Jones + Washington + Gafford starters, Thunder starters: Alexander + Giddey + Dort + Jalen + Chet.
In the first quarter of the game, Chet dunked in the air, Doncic responded with a mid-range shot, Giddey and Jalen scored, Gafford and Doncic scored in a row, Mavericks 16-6, Chet shot in the middle, Washington and Jones scored three points, and the difference came to 14 points, Wiggins and Alexander chased the difference to 8 points, Green scored three points, the difference was 11 points, Alexander and Wiggins scored in a row, Exum scored 5 points in a row, the difference was 10 points, and the Mavericks led 30-20 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Jalen made 2 free throws and 2 hits, Doncic responded with a mid-range shot, the difference was still 10 points, Giddey scored three points, Jalen made free throws, the difference chased 6 points, Hardaway and Washington scored three points, Chet, Dort, Jaylen chased points, the difference was still 6 points, Gafford and Washington expanded the difference to 11 points, Alexander scored in a row, Irving and Washington responded, the difference was 10 points, Dort, Alexander scored, Irving and Doncic responded, the difference was 11 points, and the Mavericks led 54-43 at halftime.
Doncic had 12 points, 8 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals on 4-of-13 shooting in the half, Washington had 11 points and 4 boards on 4-of-10 shooting, Irving had 4 points and 6 assists on 2-of-4 shooting, Gafford had 7 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks on 3-of-3 shooting, Alexander had 12 points and 3 boards on 5-of-9 shooting for the Thunder, Jalen had 7 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists on 2-of-7 shooting, and Chet had 7 points, 1 board and 3 blocks on 3-of-4 shooting.
In the third quarter of the game, Washington scored three points, the Mavericks led by 14 points, Alexander and Dort chased the difference to 8 points, Jones and Irving scored, Chet and Alexander chased the points, the difference was 7 points, Washington expanded the difference to 11 points, Alexander chased the difference to 7 points, Irving made a layup, Alexander and Wallace scored 5 points in a row, the difference was 4 points, and the Mavericks led 69-65 in the third quarter. Alexander scored 12 points in the quarter.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Doncic and Jones scored 4 points in a row, the Mavericks led by 8 points, Dort scored 5 points in a row, and the difference was chased to 3 points, Doncic shot +2 free throws and 1 shot, the difference was 6 points, Chet shot, Lively and Jones scored 4 points in a row, the difference was 8 points, Wallace scored three points, Irving responded with a mid-range shot, the difference was 7 points, Jalen and Alexander scored, Jones and Gafford responded, the difference was 6 points, Alexander scored 6 points in a row, Chet scored three points, the Thunder overtook 3 points 9-0, Lively dunked in the air, Dort scored three points, and the Thunder led by 4 points, Hardaway three points, Jalen dunked, Hardaway missed, Jaylen counterattacked and layup, the difference was 5 points, there was 1 minute and 7 seconds left in the game, Lively made 1 of 2 free throws, Jalen missed three points, Jones missed the dunk in the air, the difference was 2 points, there were 33 seconds left in the game, Alexander missed the shot, Doncic made 1 of 2 free throws, Chet made 2 of 2 free throws, Washington made 1 of 2 free throws, Alexander made 2 of 2 free throws, the Thunder defeated the Mavericks 100-96, and was suppressed all the time, and completed a big reversal with 14 points behind many times, creating a miracle.
Alexander had 34 points, eight rebounds and five assists on 14-of-27 shooting, Chet had 18 points, nine rebounds and four blocks on 6-of-9 shooting, Dort had 17 points and eight boards, and Jalen had 14 points, nine rebounds, six assists and four steals.
Doncic had 18 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists on 6-of-20 shooting, 7 turnovers and poor performance, Washington scored 21 points and 12 boards on 7-of-19 (5-of-11 three-pointers) and scored 20+ points in 3 consecutive games to set a personal record, Irving had 9 points and 9 assists on 4-of-11 shooting, Jones had 17 points and 3 boards on 7-of-12 shooting, and Gafford had 10 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks.
After this game, the Thunder tied the series score, so that the Thunder regained home-court advantage, and due to Doncic's injury and poor condition, the trend of this series returned to the Thunder's side.