On May 19, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and the Thunder, who ranked first in the West in the Western semifinals, challenged the Mavericks away. At present, the Mavericks are leading 3-2, and the Thunder have no way out, and only by winning can they continue to stay. This time, the Thunder was still in a very good state, and soon took the initiative on the court, and the Mavericks once overtook the score, but then the Thunder directly launched a wave of 24-6 offensive, leading the Mavericks 64-48 at the end of the first half.
In this game, the Thunder came up into the groove, blossoming inside and outside the offensive end, and every player was able to contribute, and Dort hit two three-pointers in a row to take a 16-6 lead. However, then the Mavericks launched a counterattack and began to close the score, but in the end, the Thunder took the initiative again, and Jalen Williams hit a three-point whistle, which directly extinguished the Mavericks' counterattack momentum, and the Thunder led 30-23 after the first quarter of the game.
In the second quarter, the Thunder still took the initiative at the beginning and once established an 11-point lead, but then the Mavericks launched a counterattack, Green and Doncic hit three points one after another, and blasted a wave of 15-2 offensive to directly overtake the score. I thought that the momentum would come to the side of the Mavericks, but I didn't expect that then the Thunder found their touch on the outside, hit three points in a row and took the initiative again, and the Mavericks' offense was lost again, completely suppressed, and the point difference was opened again, and then Joe hit a three-point whistle, and the Mavericks established a 16-point lead after the halftime.
In the last 280 seconds of the first half, the Thunder directly launched a wave of 24-6 super offensive, hitting 5 three-pointers during this period, making the Mavericks really powerless to resist. The Thunder regained their three-point touch in the do-or-die game, hitting 10 three-pointers in the first half, and when their three-pointers are so hot, it is indeed difficult to beat. Alexander, on the other hand, was also on a hot streak, scoring 21 points in the first half.
The Mavericks didn't feel very good on the offensive end, relying more on Doncic, but he didn't calm down like last time this time, and began to complain constantly, although some foul referees didn't say it, but he was still driven by emotions and was whistled for a technical foul. The Mavericks had a whopping 11 turnovers in the first half, which was quite fatal.