Heaven opens for the Mavericks. They must have thought that when they finished their duel with the Nuggets in Denver, someone else’s house and not easy, and thus add a two out of two in the back to back This week. First it was the Suns and now another of the Western Conference contenders. They start to pick up a real rhythm and that will pose a danger to everyone nearby. To make matters worse, the Texans have already resolved their games this season with 6-3 in which they play it in a tight score in three or less points. This one, 115-116. An end in which it was worth the pulse of two men who were not called Doncic and they play with him and in which Jokic missed a free kick and Murray just missed a heroic shot. Luka, with another triple-double for his account (22+10+12) although with a not so good shot selection (5/17), knew how to delegate masterfully and felt supported by colleagues who must do their part of the work and they were not doing it in the first month of the season. Tim Hardaway contributed 29 points to be the top scorer and Dorian Finney-Smith scored a key triple in the last minute after a pass from behind, precisely, from the Slovenian when he was locked up.
These types of closings, keeping calm in the midst of tension, make them great. Dallas is one of the two finalists in the West at present and Denver happens to be a well-established structure for the last ten years but has been unable to take steps like this rival has.. Kidd is at it again, taking flight as he tacks on some of his thoughts that weren’t working. For example, he publicly rewarded Christian Wood, whom he still keeps too much on the sidelines, for the job in Doncic’s absence as lead generator: “What we have played for him, with that group and with Luka out, could go unnoticed, but that adds up to a lot of points”. Those minutes in the last quarter are a good example of experience and competitiveness. These Mavs are starting to work: four wins in the last five games.
An outcome broadcast on national television in the United States that also serves to help understand the impact of foreigners like Doncic or Jokic on the current scene. It was curious that neither of them was as decisive as they have been in most of the duels that have been played this season. normal season. They will be two of those who aspire to the best player award of the same, but they definitely did not absorb as much prominence as could be expected. Gordon (27) was the best of the Nuggets and we highlight again the intervention of Wood (14) as a substitute, although a section for himself deserves Hardaway. Tim, seriously injured all of last year, begins to hit the shots that came his way in 2019 and 2020, becoming the tenth player in history to hit five three-pointers in five consecutive games, but missed out on both free kicks at the end that gave the home team the opportunity to fix everything. Chorality has been and is a hallmark of Malone’s Nuggets and the ones who ended up exploiting it were the Mavericks in their own face.
