The Mavericks beat the Warriors (116-113) and take a break after four consecutive losses. The game left many things behind: 41 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists from a spectacular Luka Doncic, 32 goals (with 5+5) from Stephen Curry, a titanic duel, emotion at the end, once again a questionable court time for Christian Wood … and also, of course, two teams that are very far, for different reasons, from being the ones that played in the last Western Conference finals. One way or another, the clash also left us an anecdotal play and his subsequent statement: that of Josh Green, an increasingly important man in Jason Kidd’s scheme and that he has more and more confidence from Luka Doncic.
During the first part of the match, GRen feinted on the three-point line against Jordan Poole and approached an area where Anthony Lamb was waiting for him. Then he did a 360 and set up the corner for Davis Bertans to score from three. “As soon as I jumped in, I thought: ‘This better go well or I won’t play the rest of the season.’”, he later jokingly assured at a press conference. Fortunately, the move went perfectly and ended in a fantastic way. Green was the protagonist again later, during the last quarter, when he scored a three-pointer from Doncic’s pass that put his team ahead (106-104) in a very difficult moment.
Josh Green is a third-year player who is increasingly important in the Mavericks’ scheme. B.Good defender, he is averaging almost 7 points per game and close to 49% in triples, something that Texans need too much after the downturn they have taken this course. At the moment, 10-10, below expectations, with extraordinary numbers from Luka Doncic but a game that is suffering a lot and that increasingly points to the bench, with Jason Kidd in the lead. A difficult moment, although room for improvement. Time remains, however much the alternatives and possibilities seem few. We will see.