On May 19, Beijing time, the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 117-116 at home, and advanced to the Western Conference finals with a score of 4-2. The Thunder led by 7 points in the first quarter, the Thunder opened up to 16 points at halftime, and the Thunder also led by 7 points after the third quarter, and the Mavericks overtook in the last 4 minutes of the final quarter, and the Thunder did not pause the game in 2.5 seconds. Irving was 14-0 when he faced the game to advance.
In the opening game, the whole Thunder team played very actively, Dort became a wonder soldier in the first quarter with 2 of 4 points and 9 points and 2 steals, he broke Doncic twice and was very outstanding, Alexander is still the basic set of the Thunder 7 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block in the first quarter, Jay Wei is the biggest bright spot, scored 7 points in a single quarter and hit a three-point whistle, and the Thunder led by 7 points in the first quarter. Doncic scored eight points on 2-of-2 three-pointers in the first quarter, while Irving had just two points.
The second quarter was a sudden change in the situation, the Mavericks a wave of 19-10 directly overtaken, and then the Thunder responded with a wave of 24-6, Kidd's challenge failed to become a turning point, this challenge not only lowered the rhythm of the Mavericks but also made the Thunder's counterattack, Joe three points, Holmgren three points, Jaylin three points, SGA three points in a row, the Thunder directly led to 17 points, and SGA has scored 21 points, 4 assists and 2 rebounds in the first half, Doncic 6 of 5 are behind by a large score.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Mavericks finally entered the state again, the turning point was that the Tony brothers gave Doncic an offensive foul, this time after the free throw, the Thunder did not have any movement in 4 minutes, 7 of 0, the Mavericks narrowed to 5 points in a wave of 25-14, the referee began to whistle the court continuously, Dort's offensive foul Dam Porter challenged and successfully turned two free throws, the Thunder led to 8 points again, the Thunder pulled away to 13 points, Gafford was knocked down by Dort behind him, and the referee did not blow the whistle, Jones hit a key three-point shot and fell behind by 7 points into the final quarter.
At the beginning of the last quarter, Doncic was whistled for a fourth foul, and then Irving hit a three-point shot, Lively a 2+1, Doncic assisted Washington with three points and tied 105-105, and then Washington hit a three-point shot, Jones stepped back to press the whistle, SGA's key three-point narrowed to 2 points, Washington was embarrassed to send a free throw without a foul, SGA made a free throw to the Thunder timeout, Holmgren received it empty, 2.5 seconds SGA fouled Washington three-pointer, three free throws and two of them consumed time The game ended.
Doncic had 29 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, Irving had 22 points, 3 assists and 2 rebounds (18 points in the second half), Jones had 22 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Lively had 12 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists, and SGA had 36 points, 8 assists and 3 rebounds.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream