In the NBA regular season, the Clippers vs the Mavericks, the Clippers George was absent due to injury, and the starters were Mann, Coffey, Harden, Leonard and Zubac, and the Mavericks Irving continued to be absent, and the starting members were Jones Jr., Robert Williams, Powell, Doncic and Exum.
In the first quarter of the game, both sides started with a high defensive intensity, especially in terms of limiting key people, the Clippers focused on defensive counterattacks, especially after Wei Shao came on the court, they have been closely defending Doncic and restricting Doncic from receiving the ball, which greatly limited the Mavericks' offense, and the Clippers opened the difference to 8 points with a wave of 12-0.
After the Mavericks took a timeout, Doncic still didn't have much chance in the face of close defense and packing, and finally deliberately made a foul against the two-man defense, and then threw it in, and luckily played two plus one. But on the defensive end, the Mavericks tried to contain Leonard, and the two did not explain well when defending, allowing Leonard to shoot an open three-pointer, and then Theis and Powell also scored an open three-pointer, and the Clippers led the Mavericks 35-22 at the end of the first quarter. Doncic was shot 2-of-9 from the field and 0-of-4 from three-point range.
In the second quarter of the game, the Mavericks used the tactics of the Clippers to defend Doncic to defend Harden, and the effect was very poor, the Clippers had a lot of people who could score, Powell and Wei Shao could shoot from the middle distance, and Theis could also shoot three points, and the difference was further stretched to 18 points.
The Mavericks traded for Doncic early and played a two-and-one against Theis' defense, but Harden drew a two-point foul and a three-point shooting foul in succession to score five consecutive free throws. Doncic hit a three-pointer against the defense, and Harden wanted to return the shot and made a three-pointer. But Powell scored three points against the defense after Hardy missed a three-point shot, and Hardy returned the three-point shot in the next round, and the two sides began to compete in mode.
I have to praise Leonard, after this quarter came on the court, it was all Harden who dominated the ball, and he basically didn't touch the ball in the first half of the quarter. In this quarter, the Clippers' defense of Doncic declined, and there was no packing, Doncic first faced Harden's defense and threw into the mid-range of the whistle, and then switched offense to shoot three points, chasing the difference to 15 points, Doncic played high during this time.
After the timeout, Harden sent assists to Zubac one after another, Doncic broke Harden and scored two plus one for a layup, Hardaway made four consecutive open shots in one round, missed the first three times, and made a three-point shot for the fourth time, and after this time it opened, he received a long pass from Doncic and hit a three-point shot, and the Mavericks trailed the Clippers 56-67 at halftime.
In the third quarter of the game, the Clippers missed shots one after another, and the Mavericks played a wave of 12-2 to narrow the gap to 3 points. The Clippers scored just one point in five minutes. In the end, it was Powell who helped the Clippers break the deadlock with a three-pointer. After that, the Clippers began to limit Doncic again, making the Mavericks' offense lose power, and Xiaoka began to exert his strength, helping the Clippers to stretch the score to about 10 points again. Until the last few minutes of the quarter, the Mavericks took advantage of the Clippers' successive mistakes, played a transition offense, and gave the Clippers a wave of 8-0, and at the end of the third quarter, the Mavericks chased the difference to 2 points at 83-85.
In the fourth quarter of the game, the Mavericks entered a scoring drought first, and the Clippers had to open up the difference with a wave of 5-0, and then the Mavericks returned a 5-0 and pulled the game back to the same level. Wei Shao made a three-pointer and gave Doncic a chance to convert, made a layup and caused a foul, and equalized the score with a free throw, and then Exum finally made a three-pointer to give the Mavericks an overtake.
Then Harden hit a three-pointer, and Hardy immediately returned the shot!After the Clippers called a timeout, Harden hit a three-pointer again!The two sides then went into alternate leads, with Hardaway Jr. also hitting a three-pointer. At the critical moment, the Clippers stepped up and scored under the basket in a row, and then broke through with the ball to assist Powell to make two and one, and after Doncic's pass error, Leonard completed a dunk in the low post to help the Clippers lead by 8 points.
After that, Doncic missed free throws and missed three-pointers, and Leonard continued to cause damage, hitting both free throws, and the difference came to 10 points, helping the Clippers seal the win, and finally the Clippers beat the Mavericks 120-111, winning nine in a row.
Player statistics for both sides in this match.
Clippers: Leonard 30 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, Harden 17 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists and 2 blocks, Coffey 12 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Zubac 12 points and 9 rebounds, Mann 7 points and 4 rebounds, Powell 21 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Theis 11 points and 2 rebounds, Westbrook 10 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.
Mavericks: Doncic 28 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 1 steal, Jones Jr. 19 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Exum 16 points and 6 rebounds, Williams 9 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, Powell 3 points, Hardaway 21 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, Hardy 15 points.