At 8:30 on May 19, Beijing time, the Thunder challenged the Mavericks away, 117-116 The Mavericks narrowly won, Doncic 29 + 10 + 10 God went down to help the Mavericks enter the Western Finals, the first three quarters of the Thunder have been leading, once opened 14 points, the Mavericks overtook for the first time in the fourth quarter, and finally PJ Washington was fouled for three points, free throws to end the Thunder, let's take a look at the specific analysis:
Technical Data Statistics:
Mavericks: Doncic 29 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 steals, Derrick Jones 22 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, Irving 22 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists;
Thunder: Alexander 36 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 blocks, Jalen Williams 22 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, Holmgren 21 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals.
The Lone Ranger is ahead
In the first quarter, Alexander assisted Williams to complete the dunk, Doncic made Dort shoot foul, and then Holmgren stole Jones, Dort caused 2+1, Doncic made consecutive mistakes and was blasted out by the Thunder 5-0, the Mavericks took an emergency timeout, and then Dort stole Doncic, Williams missed the shot, Gafford got the rebound and passed Irving, Irving's two-point stop jump shot in the penalty area fell steadily, Alexander hit the iron frequently, and the score gradually narrowed to 1 point 20-19, and then Holmgren stole Levy and counterattacked, Dort failed to take advantage of the opportunity to miss, and then Doncic hooked up to assist Hardy to score on a breakaway layup, Williams responded with a three-pointer, and the first quarter ended with the Thunder-Mavericks: 30-23, the Mavericks made too many mistakes in the first quarter and were repeatedly stealed.
At the beginning of the second quarter, except for Irving, Hardaway first blocked Joe's three-point jumper, and then Doncic borrowed Gafford to cover and retreat two points into the net, the score narrowed to 5 points, Alexander frequently hit the restricted area for two points, the score opened up by 11 points, the Mavericks saw this and let Irving come on the court to replace Hardaway, and the two-point pull-up jump shot helped the Mavericks stop the bleeding, and then Doncic stole Dort's breakthrough layup and scored, the difference narrowed to 6 points, the Thunder asked for a long timeout, but the Mavericks momentum came, Doncic threw and assisted Jones to slam the dunk in the air relay, the Thunder was not a vegetarian, Holmgren immediately responded with a dunk, Irving's pass was stolen by Joe, Williams dunked successfully, and then Doncic was blown away, this referee is a little interesting, the Mavericks' emotions were also ignited to the extreme, the Thunder took advantage of the situation to counterattack a wave of 11-0, the difference was stretched to 14 points, Irving did not stand up, two consecutive layups failed, and even blew the Mavericks' 24-second offensive violation, on the other hand, Holmgren drifted and shot the basket, At halftime, 64-48, it was clear that the referees were making a difference.
In the third quarter, Irving adjusted his state and assisted Jones to hit a 45-degree 3-point shot, Irving broke through to a layup and missed, Gafford made a successful rebound, and then Jones hit a 3-pointer, I thought the Mavericks wanted momentum, who knew that Irving dribbled out of bounds, Holmgren quickly counterattacked the air relay slam dunk, and then hit a jump shot, Eastern Europe was blown offensive fouls in a row, the referee was a little biased in favor of the Thunder, fortunately, the superstar was hard enough, Irving counterattacked and stopped three points in response to the net, Levy hat dropped Wallace's three-point jumper, and the Mavericks asked for a timeout, After coming back, Eastern Europe played iron again, made a passing error, Irving missed many shots, and also received a foul without the ball, but was helplessly replaced, Doncic made a foul and sent an assist, the score narrowed to 7 points, and the Thunder temporarily led into the final quarter.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, both sides hit the iron and missed, 1 minute later, Holmgren opened the situation with a violent dunk, Jones hit 45 degrees 3 points again, Irving opened the king mode of the last quarter, first a two-point jumper, and then a three-point stop, scoring 5 points alone, the Thunder timed Jones Jr. to kill the penalty area, Lively hit a basket, the two sides had a back and forth under the inside basket, continuous dunks, five minutes Irving took a break, Alexander retreated two points, 30 points have been pocketed, Kidd quickly called a timeout, PJ Washington received Doncic's assist in the bottom corner and hit a three-point shot for the first time, The two sides tied 105-105, and then Doncic was not afraid to defend and shoot two points in the restricted area, and the Mavericks overtook for the first time. Doncic missed the 45-degree angle on the right side of the cross, but Irving got a long rebound, and the three-point drift of one step of the horizontal movement bounced in! Alexander grabbed three points to stop the bleeding, the Thunder sideline serve was not sent out at the critical moment, fortunately Holmgren burst the dunk and scored, the Thunder led by one point, and there were only 17 seconds left for the Mavericks to attack the last game of the game, Doncic was wrapped up and made a mistake, passed Washington to make a three-point shot and was fouled, and made a free throw, the first free throw scored 116 draws, the second free throw scored the Mavericks to overtake one point, the third free throw deliberately did not score, super far away, 2.5 seconds to go, the Mavericks narrowly beat the Thunder 117-116!
Both starters:
Thunder: Luggantz Dort, Jalen Williams, Chet Holmgren, Isaiah Joe, Shay Gilgeous-Alexander
Mavericks: Derrick Jones Jr., PJ Washington, Daniel Gafford , Kyrie Irving, Luka Doncic
Absence of both sides:
Thunder: Sarr (Achilles tendon injury season reimbursement)
Mavericks: Brown (Season reimbursement for personal reasons), Prosper (doubtful for ankle injury), Kleber (5.7 points per game, shoulder injury confirmed injury)