Boom 22+2+3! Just today, Irving created an NBA miracle and topped the all-time list

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2024-05-19 11:46Posted in Shandong Sports Creators

In today's NBA playoffs, the Mavericks narrowly defeated the Thunder 117-116, the process of this campaign can be called ups and downs, the Thunder led by 7 points in the first quarter, and the score difference in the second quarter came to double digits, the Thunder hit rate declined in the third quarter, the Mavericks made a force to narrow the point difference, the Mavericks continued to fight back in the final quarter, Doncic and Irving broke out in turn, Washington pointed up Alexander at the critical moment to cause a three-point foul, Washington made three free throws and two hits to kill the Thunder, and finally the Mavericks reversed and won. In terms of statistics, Irving shot 9-of-23 from the field and 4-of-10 from three-point range to finish with 22 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 turnovers.

Despite the average data, Irving is undoubtedly still an important contributor to the Mavericks' victory, the Thunder offensive at the beginning of the first quarter was ferocious, and the Mavericks were pressed and beaten, at this time it was Irving's emergency stop-up jump shot to help the Mavericks stop the bleeding, and in the subsequent rounds Irving basically did not shoot, focusing on defense, until Irving shot a three-pointer again in the second half of the quarter, but unfortunately failed to hit. In the second quarter, the Thunder's shooting rate declined, and the Mavericks took the opportunity to narrow the difference, and Irving's desire to attack was still not strong after he re-entered the game, but he gave Jones an assist, but the latter missed three points, and soon after, Irving counterattacked and scored 2 points on a layup. Statistically, Irving scored just four points in the first half.

In the third quarter, Irving finally began to exert his strength, he assisted Jones to hit a three-point shot, assisted Gafford to eat cakes, and singled Holmgren to make a layup, seeing that the Thunder once led by 17 points, Irving continued to break out, he hit three points to help the Mavericks stabilize the situation, and then stopped the jump shot again, the Mavericks did not collapse, in the second half of the quarter, Irving pulled three points and scored, the ball did not step on the line, but the referee blew the line and changed it to two points, fortunately, it was immediately changed to three points, and soon after, Owen fed the cake again and scored with a hook handJones (11 points in a single quarter) also ushered in an explosion in this quarter, and he and Irving teamed up to chase points.

In the crucial final quarter of the game, the Mavericks have already played momentum, Irving made a jump shot, and scored three points, and then when there were more than 3 minutes left in the game, Irving hit a three-point shot at the whistle, leading the Mavericks to overtake the score, plus Doncic also stood up, Washington scored three points at the critical moment, and then made two free throws, and the Mavericks finally staged a reversal.

This is Irving's strength, according to statistics, he scored 10 points in the third quarter, and 8 points in the final quarter, and every time he scored in the second half, it was very timely, take the first half of the third quarter as an example, if it weren't for Irving's 5 points in a row, the Mavericks might have the possibility of collapse, and once the score difference broke through 20 points, it would be difficult to catch up later. There was also the final quarter, and Irving's three-pointer was also crucial. Overall, Irving's current style of play is stable and mature, and selfless, he will not pursue the number of shots too much, he basically does not attack in the first half, focusing on organization and defense, unless the Mavericks are still behind in the second half, Irving will stand up and take over the game, and often the last quarter will become his performance time. After this game, the Mavericks eliminated the Thunder with a score of 4-2, and the opponents in the Western Conference will be the Nuggets or the Timberwolves.

According to the NBA's big data statistics, Irving's record in the playoffs after getting the match point was 14-0, without a defeat, this data is the first in history, it can be seen that Irving is very good at playing key battles. In addition, this is the first time that Irving has reached the division finals since 2017, when Irving's Cavaliers eliminated the Green Army in the Eastern Conference finals.

In addition to Irving, Doncic also set a record today, first of all, Doncic has now scored three consecutive triple-doubles in the playoffs, the second most in NBA history, behind Jokic (2023 playoffs, eventual champion) and Chamberlain (1967 playoffs, eventual champion), Jokic and Chamberlain both have four consecutive triple-doubles in the playoffs, and interestingly, both Jokic and Chamberlain won the championship at that time. Secondly, Doncic averaged 24.7 points, 10.5 rebounds, 8.7 assists and 1.8 steals per game in the series, leading the team in all four statistics.

Irving was also interviewed after the game, and he said this when talking about advancing to the Western Conference finals: "This is a chance to end the series, we were ready and did it, I'm trying to make myself less emotional now, this is probably the toughest series I've ever experienced, but all the pain and sacrifice is worth it," It can be seen that Irving is really mature, congratulations to the Mavericks again for advancing to the Western Conference finals, it turns out that the Mavericks' strength is seriously underestimated, even in the face of the Nuggets or the Timberwolves, It is believed that there is still hope for them to work miracles.

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