On May 19, Beijing time, the NBA Western Conference semifinals continued, with the Mavericks playing against the Thunder at home, with the two sides currently scoring 3-2, and the Mavericks leading by one game. Although the Thunder have performed very well, it is clear that the team with Doncic and Irving is more sophisticated, especially in the season when the Mavericks brought in PJ Washington, who has helped the team very much on the offensive end, scoring high points in many games and making great contributions to the team.
At the beginning of the game, the Thunder team dominated the opponents, showing an unprecedented desire to win, leading the Mavericks by a large score. Alexander, Williams and Holmgren provoked the team's offensive banner and frantically attacked the Mavericks, with good results, the Thunder led by 16 points in the first half, on the other hand, the Mavericks were not in good shape, except for Doncic online, others did not have enough highlights, especially PJ Washington led 3 fouls early, playing time was greatly limited, and the scoring performance was also scoreless.
Fortunately, in the third quarter, the Mavericks launched a big counterattack and recovered some points difference, otherwise the game would have ended early.
In the fourth quarter, Washington finally scored, Irving hit a three-pointer, Doncic led the team to a big reversal, and the biggest contributors were the tying three-pointers Washington and Lively, who frequently grabbed offensive rebounds.