Doncic returns with defeat, air to the rival and a protest to the NBA

The Mavericks They could not get the necessary juice to the return of Luka Doncic, who played after being absent five games due to a left thigh injury, in the visit that the Warriors made to the American Airlines Center on Tuesday. The duel that illuminated the last conference finals in the West is now a direct clash for other interests, those of getting into the top six of the same and thus avoiding additional playoffs on the way to the championship, but the Californians also took it. Doncic returned with a good card, 30 points and 17 assists, but without the win.

The final result (125-127) was marked by a play in the third quarter that ended up becoming the absolute protagonist of it. Not only because of how absurd it seems but because there will be consequences with it. At 2:20 after the end of the act, the Mavs defended a shot by Lamb in their area and, on the rebound, the last to touch it was Kevon Looney in a dispute with Justin Holiday, and after that came the timeout that Jason Kidd had requested ; At the restart, all the Mavs players were in the attacking field, as if assuming that another teammate would serve, but Jordan Poole was in that place, chatting with a referee, noting the circumstance, and the point guard served quickly to get the shot. advantage. Looney made a two-handed dunk at will, without any defense, to raise the score to 87-90 while the Mavs were left ojipláticos. Due to his mistake, obviously, but also because they were not notified of the change of possession, if it was decided at some point (or the water was allowed to run), in an action that had become clear. Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, announced shortly after through his social networks that he will go to the NBA to officially protest: “The referees changed the decision and did not tell us. They saw us position ourselves as if it were a ball for us and they didn’t tell us. It’s crazy. And it matters in a game that has been decided by two points. Possibly the worst refereed omission error in NBA history. All they had to do was tell us something and they didn’t.”.

The warriors They had that champion blow at the last minute that came with everything to be decided. Wood arranged a 2+1 conceded to Green with an action immediately following. The pivot made a mistake in his decision of the play in which they could put themselves ahead again, which ended in a very bad shot by Doncic, and later when defending together with the Slovenian and Bullock a double block from the visitors that ended with a layup from Curry. Luka closed another new option in attack, making a money gesture with his fingers to a referee, and Golden State left with the long-awaited victory.

It should also be noted that Looney (12 + 12) was the one who sentenced the contest with two free throws, before Bullock’s triple arrived with a tenth of the end that left the result as it looks at the end. It is a very important point for the Warriors in the enclave of the fight for the playoffs, not just for doing it but for taking it away from the Mavericks. With 38-36 they are in sixth position, the last one that gives the right to go directly to the seven-game series, while the Texans will remain with a balance of 36-37, in a ninth place that gives the right to play-in, tied with the Lakers and one step from the precipice. It will be this torturous until the end.

dallas mavericks

Statistics

44 davis bertans
25 Reggie Bullock
77 luka doncic
8 Josh Green
3 Jaden Hardy
0 Justin Holiday
42 maxi cleber
0 JaVale McGee
13 markieff morris
twenty-one Frank Ntilikina
1 Theo Pinson
7 Dwight Powell
35 Christian Wood
23 McKinley Wright II

Statistics

	Min	pts	RT	RO	DR	Ast	Per	rec	Tap	T1	T2	T3	FR	CF	Val
44 davis bertans	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
25 Reggie Bullock	38	fifteen	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0/0	0/1	5/7	0	1	0
77 luka doncic	41	30	7	1	6	17	5	1	0	6/10	9/17	2/10	0	3	0
8 Josh Green	36	12	4	2	2	2	2	2	0	2/2	2/5	23	0	1	0
3 Jaden Hardy	25	27	5	0	5	1	0	1	1	1/2	4/9	6/9	0	2	0
0 Justin Holiday	23	5	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0/0	1/1	1/5	0	4	0
42 maxi cleber	28	4	3	2	1	2	0	1	0	1/1	0/0	1/3	0	3	0
0 JaVale McGee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
13 markieff morris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
twenty-one Frank Ntilikina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
1 Theo Pinson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
7 Dwight Powell	18	13	4	3	1	0	1	0	0	1/2	6/9	0/0	0	2	0
35 Christian Wood	24	19	4	0	4	4	2	1	1	9/11	5/7	0/3	0	1	0
23 McKinley Wright II	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0

Golden State Warriors

Statistics

30 Stephen Curry
0 Donte DiVincenzo
23 Draymond Green
1 JaMychal Green
0 Jonathan Kuminga
40 Anthony Lamb
5 kevon looney
4 Moses Moody
3 Jordan Poole
2 ryan rollins
eleven klay thompson

Statistics

	Min	pts	RT	RO	DR	Ast	Per	rec	Tap	T1	T2	T3	FR	CF	Val
30 Stephen Curry	3. 4	twenty	5	1	4	13	3	0	0	0/0	7/10	2/8	0	2	0
0 Donte DiVincenzo	24	14	3	1	2	1	4	2	0	2/2	0/0	4/10	0	1	0
23 Draymond Green	24	14	4	0	4	8	3	3	4	1/1	5/6	1/4	0	5	0
1 JaMychal Green	8	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1/1	4/5	0/0	0	1	0
0 Jonathan Kuminga	30	22	3	1	2	1	1	2	0	2/2	7/8	23	0	3	0
40 Anthony Lamb	twenty-one	9	8	1	7	1	1	0	0	1/1	1/2	2/5	0	2	0
5 kevon looney	27	12	12	5	7	2	0	0	0	4/6	4/5	0/0	0	0	0
4 Moses Moody	6	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0/0	1/1	0/1	0	1	0
3 Jordan Poole	26	16	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	4/5	6/9	0/4	0	2	0
2 ryan rollins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
eleven klay thompson	3. 4	9	5	0	5	1	0	0	1	0/0	3/5	1/4	0	3	0