The Mavericks and Clippers simply accomplished essentially the most entertaining sport of this yr’s postseason by far.
The dizzying contest featured the Clippers constructing a seemingly insurmountable 31-point lead. Dallas then got here all the way in which again, solely to fall brief within the dying moments and go down 116-111, with the sequence now tied at 2-2.
It was an evening full of exceptional shot-making, highlighted by Kyrie Irving ending over three Clippers defenders, and James Harden taking up late within the piece with 13 factors within the ultimate 4:39.
This is unequivocally and objectively freaking insane from Kyrie Irving, if he did this in Nineteen Sixties, they’d have accused him of witchcraft pic.twitter.com/M93zojuMDP
— Oluwajomiloju (@JomiAdeniran) April 28, 2024
Harden completed with 33 factors, six rebounds and seven assists on 12-17 capturing, whereas Irving put up 40 factors, seven rebounds and 5 assists, albeit with seven turnovers.
Luka Doncic, for his half, notched 29 factors, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, however he struggled capturing the ball, ending 10-24 from the sphere.
Speaking after the sport, Doncic mentioned he didn’t do sufficient to assist Irving lead Dallas to victory.
“I gotta help him more, I feel like I’m letting him down so I gotta be there,” Doncic mentioned. “I gotta help him more, he’s giving everything he has. He’s been amazing for us the whole series.”
Doncic added that his knee was persevering with to give him grief, however he mentioned it was no excuse.
Harden, in the meantime, mentioned his massive efficiency was the outcome of an aggressive mindset getting into the sport, understanding he had to step up to give his crew an opportunity on the street with out Kawhi Leonard.
“I’m blessed to be able to change it up and be a facilitator or a scorer,” Harden mentioned. “My mindset coming to this team was doing whatever it takes to win and get to the end goal. Whether that’s scoring or facilitating, I think it goes possession by possession and game by game.”
The Clippers and Mavericks will head again to LA for Game 5 on Wednesday with the sequence tied at 2-2.
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