Dallas has played a dramatic victory in the wake of Russell Westbrook.
The Dallas Mavericks won the NBA Oklahoma City Thunder in 2018-2019 at the American Airlines Center in Texas. The victory helped Dallas win 17 wins (18 losses) and showed off the home side's 15-game winning streak.
On the other hand, Oklahoma City had a quarter-final lead in Paul George (F, 206cm), but Russell Westbrook had to give Dallas a victory in a crucial moment. Oklahoma lost 13 points (22nd) to the third place in the Western Conference.
Harrison Barnes, Luka doncic, DeAndre Jordan, Maxi Kleber, Dennis Smith Jr. started the Dallas playoffs with Wesley Matthews missing. Oklahoma has entered the starting lineup of Paul George, Jerian Grant, Abdel Nader, Steven Adams, Russell Westbrook, which includes a two - year forward, Abdel Nader.
Oklahoma's players, who had a good first-quarter start and a good sense of space, played easily with a score of 18-9. Dallas quickly led the veteran guard J. J. Barea to turn around and succeeded in solving the game through a smooth pass play. Oklahoma, on the other hand, was not listening to WestBrook. Dallas, who had a three-point, three-point lead in the quarter-final, scored Oklahoma a point by 27-28.
In the second quarter, both sides scored goals. In the process, Oklahoma once led to a 52-47 lead, but Dallas also balanced WestBrook. Oklahoma's Paul George scored 17 points in stead of Westbrook's score, and Dallas's Luca Doncic scored 10 points to lead the offensive. The first half ended with Oklahoma leading 59-57.
The third quarter was Dallas' time. Dallas continued to score in the gap as Oklahoma's outfield shot did not get in. Oklahoma's Westbrook, George, and Schroeder continued to strike a three-point shot, but they all ignored the goal. Dallas, with Doncic, Barea's three-point shot, scored 12 consecutive runs (69-59), tied Oklahoma 14 points from the start of the third quarter to lead 11 points (84- 73).
But in the fourth quarter Oklahoma Sixth Men came to power. Oklahoma, who led Dennis Schröder, scored well on Hamidou Diallo and Patrick Patterson, leading the Dallas Rays to a timeout (88-90) .
Dallas was the first player to get back into the mood. Oklahoma began to insist on a three-point shot, but the sensation did not come to pass. In particular, Westbrook continued to throw an unreasonable 3-point shot, even though he was not feeling good at home.
When the game was about to go to Dallas, Paul George made his Savior. With three free throws in the team's three-point lead (90-93), George scored all three goals and two free throws and scored 11 runs in a row to make a reversal (101-95) Dominated the game.
Nevertheless, Oklahoma had to play because of Westbrook's crucial pass miss and shot failure. Westbrook had a 103-100 lead in the game, and gave him a passphrase to score. Dennis Smith Jr. who missed the break, scored in the final. 1.7 seconds before the end of the game, Westbrook's three-point shot again failed to give Dallas another 105-103 victory.
The Dallas Rangers have scored 25 points and seven assists, Harrison Barnes (16 points, six rebounds), Dennis Smith Jr. (14 points, four rebounds) and Di Andre Jordan (12 points, 17 rebounds) I took it. Veteran Dirk Nowitzki (F, 213cm) also scored 6 points with two 3-pointers and six-man J. J. Barea scored six points and 10 assists.
In Oklahoma, Paul George scored 36 points, five rebounds, and Dennis Schroeder scored 19 points and four rebounds, but Russell Westbrook lost 18.2% (4/22) and 3-point success rate 0% (0/8) did. Westbrook, who scored 9 points, 9 rebounds and eight assists, had the worst day of his career with five turnovers.
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