At this point in the season, any victory counts for a team that is playing what the Dallas Mavericks are playing. Add more if that team comes from losing four games in a row and is immersed in a total game and nervous crisis. Tonight’s victory is fresh air for the Mavs, to whom their double loss to the Hornets had done immense damage, in the standings, in their own image and in their heads. That is why it is of little use, in these circumstances, to remind them that they have beaten the Indiana Pacers without facing their all star, Tyrese Haliburton, the second player who has made the most triples this season in the entire League, Buddy Hield, and the starting center. and another of its stars, Myles Turner.
It is of little use, and yet it must be said. It is true that the Hornets beat them in a double game with a similar roster situation. But this time the Mavs did know how to take advantage. They understood the game they had to play, where they were interested in taking it. All this is something new. This team has not been characterized precisely for this reason, in matches in general and in specific sections in particular, in which it had an advantage in the last minutes but wasted it in every possible way, without controlling anything that happened in the match. basketball court. Not today. Today they have been a serious team. The team we expected at the beginning of the season and how far is it now.
The rival absences helped, as we have already said. And the presence of Luka Doncic helped, who at first was not going to play having seen his 16th technique in the last game in Indiana. But said sanction was annulled by the NBA and the Slovenian was able to do his thing in Indianapolis. It was a meeting of those in which he is not only superior to the others, but also seems so. He controlled everything, deciding well, hitting his shots (4/10 in triples, 5/5 in free throws) and leaving incredible plays. In this case, especially with two amazing assists. One from the corner, almost going out of the field and surrounded by two rivals, giving a pass from side to side of the track going under the basket so that Jaden Hardy (one of the few good news from the Mavs in recent weeks) scored one of his four triples. The Gainbridge Fieldhouse crowd in unison gave a cry of astonishment at what they had just seen and the rival coach and their first coach in the League, Rick Carlisle, commented afterwards at a press conference: “Luka has made a couple of incredible passes that only one player in the world can do”.
The Mavs are half a game away from ninth (Lakers) and tenth (Thunder) in the West. And two from the sixth (Wolves) and seventh (Warriors). The problem for them is that this was the second game in a five-game tour of the East and now the two toughest ones are coming: Philadelphia and Miami. And in his situation, two more defeats in a row can be lethal.
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16
james johnson |
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7
George Hill |
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9
T.J. McConnell |
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27
Daniel Theis |
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12
Oshae Brissett |
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25
jalen smith |
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23
Aaron Nesmith |
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13
Jordan Nwora |
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22
isaiah jackson |
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0
Benedict Mathurin |
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2
Andrew Nembhard |
| Min | pts | RT | RO | DR | Ast | Per | rec | Tap | T1 | T2 | T3 | FR | CF | Val | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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16
james johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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7
George Hill | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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9
T.J. McConnell | 27 | fifteen | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0/0 | 6/12 | 1/1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
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27
Daniel Theis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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12
Oshae Brissett | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8/8 | 1/2 | 0/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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25
jalen smith | 23 | eleven | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2/4 | 3/5 | 1/3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
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23
Aaron Nesmith | 3. 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0/5 | 1/5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
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13
Jordan Nwora | 30 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 3/7 | 2/4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
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22
isaiah jackson | 24 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 4/11 | 0/0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
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0
Benedict Mathurin | 38 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6/7 | 7/11 | 2/8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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2
Andrew Nembhard | 36 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 7/12 | 1/4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
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0
Justin Holiday |
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7
Dwight Powell |
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2
Kyrie Irving |
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eleven
Tim Hardaway Jr. |
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0
JaVale McGee |
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13
markieff morris |
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25
Reggie Bullock |
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35
Christian Wood |
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44
davis bertans |
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twenty-one
Frank Ntilikina |
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77
luka doncic |
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1
Theo Pinson |
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8
Josh Green |
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23
McKinley Wright II |
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3
Jaden Hardy |
| Min | pts | RT | RO | DR | Ast | Per | rec | Tap | T1 | T2 | T3 | FR | CF | Val | ||
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0
Justin Holiday | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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7
Dwight Powell | eleven | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 23 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
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2
Kyrie Irving | 29 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1/1 | 6/9 | 1/2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
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eleven
Tim Hardaway Jr. | 24 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3/4 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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0
JaVale McGee | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
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13
markieff morris | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
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25
Reggie Bullock | twenty-one | eleven | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 3/6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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35
Christian Wood | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 3/5 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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44
davis bertans | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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twenty-one
Frank Ntilikina | fifteen | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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77
luka doncic | 28 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5/5 | 4/7 | 4/10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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1
Theo Pinson | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
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8
Josh Green | twenty | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
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23
McKinley Wright II | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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3
Jaden Hardy | 23 | twenty | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0/0 | 4/6 | 4/6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |