On June 15, Beijing time, the 2023-24 NBA Finals G4 continued to be held at the American Airlines Center Arena. The course of the first three games varied, but the result was the same, and the Green Army had the last laugh. There have been 156 3-0 runs in NBA history, with none of them coming back. It's not a matter of probability, it's that there's no hope. But for the Mavericks, they don't think about the numbers, they just want to learn and stay in the series as much as possible. And the most important thing to summarize is Doncic's complaint to the referee, which not only affected his own mentality, but also hit the morale of his teammates. After the last game, Doncic also realized his problem and apologized to his teammates. For the Greens, their goal is to finish the series 4-0 and win the championship.
In the first quarter of the game, the Mavericks played with confidence, determination and calmness. Irving and Doncic led the team to create opportunities under the basket again and again, and the first 10 points all came from impacting the inside; The Green Army's outside feel is average, White, Tatum, and Brown frequently hit the iron outside the 3-point line, and can only hedge against the Mavericks under the basket. The battle reached 11-10, and the Lone Ranger suddenly rose up! Lively rarely hit a 3-pointer from the bottom corner, and then followed up with an empty dunk; At the critical moment, Tillman broke through the layup to make it 2+1, and Doncic and Jones teamed up to score another 4 points; The Mavericks continued to widen the gap after that, leading by double digits; At the end of the first quarter, the Mavericks led by 13 points at 34-21;
In the first quarter, the Green Army's best 3-point shot felt cold, with only 2 of 9 shots; The Mavericks were 3 of 7 from the outside, with a shooting rate of nearly 5 percent, but they didn't shoot much, and almost all of their inside shots were under the basket, with 11 of 15 shots; Doncic was on fire in the first quarter, scoring 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting, along with 3 rebounds and 1 assist, and more importantly, only 1 foul; Irving also chipped in nine points, two rebounds and two assists; The Eastern European duo combined to score 22 points, and the other players also continued to fire, and the Mavericks played a completely different performance from the previous three games; But whether this intensity can be sustained is the key to winning the game;
The second quarter continued, Exum also broke into the inside to hit a basket, and then hit another 3 points in the bottom corner, and one person scored 5 points in a row to stop the Green Army, and the difference also came to 18 points! The Green Army still continued the previous style of playing with continuous rotation and sudden points, but the Mavericks players were brave on the defensive end, all of them competed for the lead, and the defense was in place in a very timely manner, which also forced the Green Army's shots to be difficult, which directly led to a decline in the hit rate; In addition, when the Green Army sees the match point, it is inevitable that they will be a little lax; One loosened and one tightened, which was directly reflected in the score;
During the timeout, Exum's 3-point line was canceled, and the difference was still 15 points; After the timeout, the Green Army continued to hit iron, and Brown broke into the interior to build a foul and made 1 of 2 free throws; Exum hit another 3-pointer and Brown responded with a 3-pointer; But the Green Army still didn't find a way on the offensive end, and only scored 25 points in the first quarter and a half! And the Mavericks, under the leadership of Doncic and Irving, continued to play with all their strength, attacking, fighting for rebounds, and the difference came to 20 points! Stopping the Green Army again, the Mavericks' real-time win rate is as high as 92.2%!
After the timeout, the Mavericks' defensive intensity continued, and Irving made Tatum an offensive foul; Doncic broke into the interior to score 2+1, Irving broke through the basket and continued to fire, the Mavericks led to 25 points, and the Green Army showed signs of collapse! After that, there was another 24-second violation, and the Mavericks led by 26 points at halftime 61-35!
Doncic went crazy in the half, scoring 25 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, while Irving had 11 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists; On the Green Army's side, Tatum had 15 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and the rest of the players were playing iron, Brown only scored 8 points, White scored 3 points, Holiday scored 3 points, and Horford scored 0 points. He scored just 35 points in the half, which was also the lowest score in the history of the Green Army in the playoffs.