3-0 Timberwolves! The Mavericks got the match point, Doncic beat Huazi by 33 points, and Irving's 14 points in the final quarter were too strong

Jialu takes stock of sports

2024-05-27 10:38Posted in Jiangxi Sports Creators

On May 27, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs Western Conference finals G3, the Mavericks defeated the Timberwolves 116-107 at home, the team won G3, and the big score was 3-0 to get the match point, and the team was only one win away from advancing to the finals. In this game, Doncic scored 33 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, and won the match with Huazi, while Irving contributed 33 points and scored 14 points in the final quarter to close the game, and the Eastern European combination teamed up to score 66 points to lead the team to defend the home court. On the Timberwolves' side, Edwards contributed 26 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists, and Towns continued to pull his hips, scoring only 14 points on 5-of-17 from the field.

In the first two games of the series, the Timberwolves were unable to defend their home-court advantage, leading by a large margin in both games, but in the final moments, the team had no players to step up and finish the offense, and the young Edwards and Towns made low-level mistakes, and they were inferior to Doncic and Irving in handling the ball, which also caused the Timberwolves to lose two games in a row and go to the road with a score of 0-2. The Mavericks already have the initiative in this series, and in ESPN's predictions, the Mavericks have a 68.1% chance of winning G3, and they are clearly the more dominant side.

In the first quarter of this game, Conley came up and scored 5 points in a row, Washington, Jones and Doncic responded with three three-pointers, Edwards hit one of two free throws, Irving broke through the layup and scored easily, and the Mavericks established a five-point lead. McDaniels hit a three-pointer, and Lively completed a back-to-back inside dunk, and the team maintained the lead in the score. At the end of the quarter, Lee Kyle assisted Edwards to complete a dunk, Irving scored a wonderful layup, and Walker hit a difficult three-point shot, and the Mavericks led the Timberwolves by five points at 33-28 after the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Green and Jones hit back-to-back three-pointers, and Irving hit a solid jumper to give the Mavericks a 10-point lead, but the team then suffered a heavy blow, and the head hit Downs' knee, and he could only go off the court early to return to the locker room. The Timberwolves seized this opportunity and the team scored back-to-back points inside, but the Mavericks quickly recovered, and with the excellent play of Doncic and Irving, the team still held an eight-point lead before halftime, and the team took the initiative.

Yibian fought again, Doncic and Washington hit consecutive free throws, Towns scored 4 points in a row, Conley hit three points again, and Doncic quickly responded with three points, Gobert scored a rebound, Irving threw and scored, Edwards singled three defenders and scored hard, Doncic assisted Gafford to complete the empty dunk, and the Mavericks always maintained a lead of about 10 points. The Timberwolves then fought back, with McDaniels hitting a three-pointer and Edwards hitting back-to-back baskets and a dunk against Gafford to tie the score before the end of the third quarter, and the two teams were tied at 87.

In the last quarter of the game, Irving suddenly broke out, he scored 7 points in a row, and the Timberwolves did not show weakness, the team played back and forth with the Mavericks with full play, and when there were 6 minutes left in the game, the two sides still fought to 100 draws, and no team had an absolute advantage to open up the difference. At the critical moment, the two teams continued to attack frantically, Washington hit a three-pointer to break the deadlock, the Timberwolves played crazy iron, and Doncic hit another shot, and the Mavericks led by 4 points. Towns and Edwards wasted the opportunity, Irving hit another shot, the last 1 minute, the Mavericks had a 6-point lead, the Timberwolves could not respond, and finally the Mavericks won the game at home, the series score has come to 3-0, the team got the Western Conference championship point, only one win away from advancing to the Finals.

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