In the NBA regular season game held on February 29, Beijing time, the Mavericks defeated the Raptors 136-125 away, interrupting the Raptors' three-game winning streak in one fell swoop.
In the first quarter of the matchup, Barrett and Trent successively performed accurate shooting on the outside, Barrett scored on the inside, and then Poeltl, Barnes and Quickley teamed up to add points to their respective teams; Irving responded with a clever pull-up jumper, and Washington scored 8 points with consecutive breakaways and long-range shots, and Irving also showed extraordinary individual combat ability to bite the score, and the two sides fought to a 14-all tie at one point. Washington's thunderous aerial relay slam dunk ignited the whole court, Doncic saw the move to break through the layup, Washington once again three-point needle, Gafford firmly grasped the opportunity under the basket, Doncic easily threw and scored, Barnes stepped back and jumped, Poeltl scored three points, Quickley and Barrett continued to attack, Dick also threw and hit under the basket, and the two teams exchanged fierce battles until the score was tied at 27. Hardaway threw in a three-point rain at the right time, and Gafford continued to hit the basket and scored six points in a row; Dick also made a long-range shot, and Olynyk chased after an easy backhand layup, and the Mavericks temporarily led 36-34 at the end of the first quarter.
Entering the second quarter, Lively jumped into the air to stage a violent dunk, Doncic blossomed inside and outside to cut 6 points in a row, and Irving calmly made a step-back jumper; Dick made a precise jumper, Olynyk scored easily under the basket, Barnes gave a shocking dunk performance, and Trent and Quickley were on the outside three-point line one after another, and the two sides launched fierce attacks, and the score was tied several times until it was tied at 48. Olynyk hit the board into the basket, Barnes hit the board again, Quickley's three-point firepower was full, and Barnes easily scored a basket; Irving hit a pull-up jump shot at a critical moment, Hardaway hit three consecutive three-pointers to break through the net, and Green's long-range shot also went into the net, and the two teams went back and forth until the battle was tied at 62 again. Gafford made a strong dunk under the basket, and Green threw and hit a precise shot; Barrett hit a beautiful three-pointer to give the Raptors a slim lead at halftime 67-66.
In the third quarter of the competition, Barrett took the lead in hitting a three-point shot, Barnes showed his aerial relay layup skills, and then Poeltl and Barrett tacitly cooperated, and won the attack again and again, and Quickley even forced a three-point shot against the defense; Lively made another dunk under the basket, Irving began to work hard from the outside, Lively continued to attack the opponent's restricted area, and Washington's bottom corner three-pointer showed his accuracy again, allowing the Raptors to maintain a narrow lead of 79-78 for most of the quarter. However, Irving then stepped up to make it 2+1, Doncic was not to be outdone and scored 6 points in a row, Exum's long-range shot was the icing on the cake, Doncic and Gafford took turns bombing the basket, Hardaway's pull-up jump shot and Jones' bottom corner three-point shot hit one after another, and the Mavericks played a climax in this quarter, and finally led 106-92 into the fourth quarter.
In the final quarter, Irving was full of firepower, scoring 11 points in a row, no one could stop him, Jones broke through the layup and scored, Irving still scored consecutive points with his excellent individual ability, Doncic jumped near the free throw line and hit 2+1, Washington hit three points again, despite this, the Mavericks still maintained a stable lead at 132-120. There was not much suspense in the remaining games, and the Mavericks played steadily to ensure the victory, and finally managed to win this game.