On May 19, Beijing time, the Oklahoma City Thunder challenged the Dallas Mavericks away in the Eastern Conference semifinals of the NBA playoffs, after the Mavericks took a 3:2 lead to get the match point. Mavericks Doncic 29 points, Irving 22; Thunder Alexander 36 points. In the end, the Thunder lost to the Mavericks 116-117 away, and were eliminated with a big score of 2-4, and the Mavericks advanced to the Western Conference finals.
One: 4 is incredible
1. This is the value of a superstar, Doncic scored 29 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists on 9-of-15 shooting in this game, and his performance was very efficient, and his mood was very stable after being misjudged in the third quarter, leading the team to play a 13:2 attack wave, and the fly in the ointment was that the number of turnovers was as many as 7.
2. The number of mistakes of the Mavericks is indeed a bit much, the number of mistakes in this game is 17:8 more than the Thunder, 9 more than the Thunder, and the number of steals is 10:5 more than the Lone Ranger.
3. The Mavericks did a really bad job of Alexander's defense, and after the score difference reached single digits in the third quarter, Alexander scored 7 points in a row to expand the lead, and Alexander scored 36 points in the whole game.
4. Washington can be said to be the absolute hero of the Mavericks' victory, although the first three quarters of the game only scored one shot in 17 minutes, but in the final quarter hit two key three-pointers and key free throws to win the game, and got 9 points and 5 rebounds.
Two: 3 indisputable facts
1. The biggest turning point of the game came in the third quarter, when Doncic was mistakenly whistled for an offensive foul and blew the horn of the team's counterattack, and the Mavericks launched an 11:0 attack wave in 2 minutes.
2. In terms of the comprehensive strength of the two teams, the Mavericks are definitely above the Thunder, and the biggest problem for the Mavericks in this game is the control of the number of mistakes, and the number of Mavericks mistakes in this game reached 17.
3. It turned out that it was very difficult to win without a dominant rebound, and the Thunder rebounded 31:47 to trail the Mavericks by as many as 16 in this game.