On May 19th, Beijing time, the Mavericks ushered in the challenge of the Thunder team at home today, and the two sides fell behind the Mavericks 2-3 in the previous series of Thunder, the Thunder has reached the edge of the cliff, and there is no way to retreat.
Match Review
When the game came up, the Thunder entered the state quickly, and after Dort hit three points in a row, the difference was stretched to double digits, but then the Mavericks responded to a wave of 8-0 small climax, and the two sides played ups and downs in the second quarter, Alexander scored consecutive points to re-establish the lead, although the Mavericks overtook the score 10-0 in a wave, but due to continuous errors, they were blasted out by the Thunder at the end of the quarter 24-6 offensive, and the Mavericks had fallen behind by 16 points at halftime.
Back in the second half, the Thunder's offense once had a problem, and the Mavericks played a 13-0 small climax in four minutes, fortunately, Alexander scored consecutive points to stabilize the situation, and the Mavericks continued to fight back in the final quarter and successfully erased the difference.
Three incredible
1. The two teams played very well in this game, the scores were staggered back and forth, in the last 5 minutes of the first half, the Thunder blasted out a wave of 24-6 offensive climax, leading the Mavericks by 16 points, in the third quarter, Irving led the counterattack, leading the team to play a 35-26 offensive wave, Irving 10 points and 2 assists in a single quarter, and now Irving is incredible, focusing on defense and auxiliary in the first half, and taking over the offensive banner in the second half, and the whole game is also 22 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.
2. Today's Thunder star Alexander played well, there was really no solution to the shot, when the Mavericks were crazy in the third quarter, only Alexander could score, when the Thunder couldn't play and convert, there was only one tactic in the positional battle was Alexander single, and today he also contributed 36 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists, and he didn't pull his hips in the playoffs, and the most stable star was not one of them.
3. Today's Mavericks' wonder is none other than Derrick Jones Jr., in the third quarter and Irving led the Mavericks' counterattack, in the third quarter, he shot 4 of 5, 3 of 3 three-pointers, and got 11 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal. also contributed 22 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in the whole game, the key is that his annual salary is only more than 2 million, but he has played an effect of 20 million, which is incredible.
Four indisputable facts
1. Doncic played well today, once again hitting a triple-double of 29 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, although he made 7 mistakes in the whole game, but the flaws were not hidden, and it was obvious that Doncic was not in very good physical condition, and he could still contribute to the team when he played with injuries, which was quite powerful.
2. Today, the Thunder did play respectable, the starting five Tigers all double-doubled, Dort 11 points, Jalen Williams 22 points, Alexander 36 points, Holmgren 19 points, Joe 11 points, of course, the Mavericks too, Irving 22 points, Jones 22 points, Gafford 10 points, Doncic 29 points, Washington iron a whole game, the fourth quarter finally got the hang of it, the free throws at the critical moment were very accurate, scored 9 points, but the firepower of the bench, or the Mavericks are more powerful, the Mavericks total 25 points on the bench, and the Thunder is 15 points.
3. Today, the Thunder's three-point shooting was 15 of 41, the Mavericks were 16 of 34, the Thunder was 31 rebounds, the Mavericks were 47 rebounds, the Thunder was 13 of 17 in free throws, and the Mavericks were 17 of 24.
4. Congratulations to the Mavericks, who successfully reversed after trailing by 16 points at halftime, refusing to play 7 at the Thunder's home court, the Mavericks also entered the Western Conference Finals again after two years, and their next round opponent is the winner of the Nuggets and Timberwolves, who do you think the Mavericks will play in the next round?