NBA Playoffs: Dallas Mavericks stay alive! Mavs shorten into the west

Revanche successful! The Dallas Mavericks saved themselves in a fifth game in the Western Conference Finals. In the 119:10 win, the MAVS shoot all lights for three quarters before the Warriors start a comeback. Nevertheless, Dallas reduces 1-3 in the series.

• Dallas Mavericks: Train rain and rain breaks
• the most important statistics
• NBA Playoffs-Mavs vs. Warriors: The voices
• The star of the game: Dorian Finney-Smith
• The flop of the game: Klay Thompson
• the scene of the game
• Dallas Mavericks (4)-Golden State Warriors (3) 119: 109 (boxcore), series: 1-3
• MAVS vs. Warriors: The series at a glance (1-3)

Despite an interim 29-point lead, the MAVs had to tremble again in the fourth quarter. Ultimately, Luka Doncic and Co. brought the victory over the time, the Slovenian was the best scorer of the home side with 30 points (10/26 FG, 3/11 threesome), he scratched with 14 rebounds and 9 assists on a triple-Double. The role players also performed very well.

In the first three quarters, Dalla's threesome, led by Dorian Finney-Smith (23, 4/7 threesome), Reggie Bullock (18, 6/10) and Maxi Kleber (13, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks, 2/3 threesome ). Jalen Brunson also helped with 15 points and 5 assists. The MAVs have been forced a game 5 in San Francisco that takes place on Friday night.

In the first three quarters, the Warriors ran relatively little before the bank around Rookie Jonathan Kuminga (17 and 8 rebounds) started the comeback. Stephen Curry was still the best scorer among the starters (20, 7/16 FG, plus 8 assists), but Klay Thompson (12, 5/10 FG) or Andrew Wiggins (13, 5/11) remained pale. Draymond Green put on 10, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

First, the sporty took a back seat, both teams gathered before the national anthem for a minute's silence in honor of the victims of the attack at a primary school in the Texas small town of Uvalde. Even before the game, Warriors coach Steve Kerr had given an emotional statement.

Dallas Mavericks: Train rain and rain breaks

There were no innovations in the Starting Fives, but Golden State had to do without role players Otto Porter Jr. (foot). Both teams aggressively had their problems in the early minutes before Finney-Smith initiated a small Mavs trial. Adhesive was also infected by this, who met two triples immediately after his substitution, but also quickly had two fouls on the account. Doncic was not yet in his rhythm (2/7 FG) until he sank a very deep threesome. Curry (10 points) radiated the most danger from the guests. 28:24 for Dallas after the first quarter.

With Doncic on the bench, the MAVS bank line kept the pressure up. Davis Bertans delivered good minutes, Brunson was hard to hold, Dallas started a 14-2 run. Now everything felt like everything, the defense also did a very good job, for example when glue green in the Fastbreak. The lead grew up to 17 points, shortly before the break the German Big limped something. The Mavs could still be very satisfied with the first half (62:47).

The start of the second half was delayed by a good quarter of an hour because it dripped onto the court through a leak in the hall roof. While it stormed outside the American Airlines Center, the Mavs let it rain further after the restart. Several Finney-Smith-Triples forced Coach Kerr for an early break, the gap grew to 22 points.

Now the threesome fell at Doncic and Golden State? A free throw from Green ended as a ledgia, the ball stayed on the ring -S even an evening for the Warriors. Shortly afterwards, Curry was blocked in a triple attempt, while Spencer Dinwiddie (10) hammered back-to-back triples through the reuse. +29 for the MAVS, a minute before the end of the third quarter Kerr took his starter off the field. 99:70 Dallas.

The Warriors reservists put a 9-0 start into the final section, shortly afterwards shortened Golden State-16, so even Doncic had to go back into the game. A glue-dark calm calmed down the AAC again, but Dallas was now completely cold from a distance. Kuminga made it really exciting three and a half minutes before the end (102: 110). Doncic punished a gap in the dubs' zone defense, Brunson pulled an offensive foul on the other.

Then a threesome finally fell and glue stole the ball again. On the other hand, Doncic was directly involved in 9 MAVS points in a row either by his own scoring or assist, Dallas brought the victory over the finish line.

the most important statistics

Dallas Mavericks (4)-Golden State Warriors (3) 119: 109 (boxcore), series: 1-3

• Sometimes it can be so simple: if the role players meet their threes, then the Mavs are extremely dangerous. After shooting problems in the previous games of the West finals, Bullock, DFS, glue and Co. were on hand this time. In half-time one alone, Dallas had an 11: 3 advantage with the sunken threes opposite Golden State, which continued after the change of sides.
• In the end, the hosts stood at 20 threesome and 46.5 percent of downtown. Before the manageable section, the quota was even significantly better (52.8 percent). The MAVs have achieved at least 15 threes in one game for the 11th time in this PostSeason! In contrast, little merged with the Dubs when it comes to shooting (10/28, 35.7 percent).
• Dallas knew very well to play the attempts from a distance. This was done quite well in the other duels with the Warriors, only in game 4 the throws fell. The 41 successful field throwing attempts were preceded by 30 assists before the Mavs-Orese in the final quarter decreased significantly.
• The shooting was the main reason for the comfortable MAVS lead in halftime one, because the remaining statistics categories were quite balanced. That was also a difference compared to the rest of the series. The Warriors had no remarkable advantage in the zone (44:36) or on the free-wire line (17/26 to 17/22). Even with rebounding, Dallas was ahead in game 4 (45:42, 4: 6 offensive rebounds).

NBA Playoffs-Mavs vs. Warriors: The voices

Luka Doncic (Mavs): "Our defense was great, apart from the fourth quarter. So we have to play. If we defend the ball on the offensive, then we are very dangerous."

Jason Kidd (MAVS-Coach): "We have a very special group of young men in our cabin who believe that they can win."

The star of the game: Dorian Finney-Smith

The winger stands on behalf of the strong role players of the Mavs. It was also he who brought the home side into the train with two triplets in the early minutes, but Finney-Smith didn't rely exclusively on his jumper. He showed strong attacks in the zone against closeouts. He was also on the spot again, which resulted in the best plus/minus of all players (+18).

The flop of the game: Klay Thompson

As the leader of a bank line eup in the second quarter with two rookies on the court, Thompson did not finish a single degree in six minutes. Before that, he was out of the field in the first quarter at 0/4. So the Splash Brother had hardly any positive influence on the game.

the scene of the game

TNT-Expert Stan van Gundy was to be warned that Dallas shouldn't stop attacking the zone and thus playing the open threesome the recipe for success over long distances of the game, when Dinwiddie dribbled back and forth a few times towards the end of the third quarter, put on the blissless stepback triano via curry... Nothing but net! That evening, almost everything worked for Dallas, just 27 seconds later, Dinwiddie rang again. The Mavs fans exploded, coach Kerr (for now) the white flag.

MAVS vs. Warriors: The series at a glance (1-3)

Game	Date	Time	Home	About	result
1	19. May	3 o'clock	Golden State Warriors	Dallas Mavericks	112: 87
2	21. May	3 o'clock	Golden State Warriors	Dallas Mavericks	126: 117
3	23. May	3 o'clock	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors	100: 109
4	25. May	3 o'clock	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors	119: 109
5*#	27. May	3 o'clock	Golden State Warriors	Dallas Mavericks	-
6*	29. May	3 o'clock	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors	-
7*	31. May	2 o'clock	Golden State Warriors	Golden State Warriors	-

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