After pulling out a victory in Game 3, the Dallas Mavericks achieve a 2-1 series lead over the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Semifinals.
The Thunder continued to start Josh Giddey despite their struggles with him on the court in the series. Dallas resumed sagging off of him on the perimeter to pack the paint, making it more challenging for Gilgeous-Alexander to attack the paint with an advantage.
Irving aggressively scored on a few plays, including using a jab-step out of triple-threat, leading to a made jumper to push Dallas up 24-15. Doncic returned to the floor shortly after, but Oklahoma City made a change by taking out Giddey and focused on blitzing the Slovenian superstar with Irving off the court.
Irving hit a mid-range jumper later, followed by Doncic finishing an and-one sequence to give the Mavericks a 48-45 edge. There was no shortage of runs for both teams, resulting in a tight game down the stretch. Doncic hit a step-back 3-pointer against Dort before the half ended, but Joe answered right back with a quick catch-and-shoot attempt from deep to put Oklahoma City ahead 52-51, continuing a back-and-forth trend.
Before the Mavericks tightened up defensively, there was a stretch of empty offensive possessions leading to Thunder scoring chances that left an impressive of the game slipping away if their approach did not change. Gilgeous-Alexander hit a short range jumper Dallas managed to maintain the lead without Doncic on the court, setting up an 82-78 edge entering the fourth quarter after Hardaway's jumper from distance before the period ended. Hardaway managed to get a floater to go to begin the final period, making another timely offensive play.
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