of Dallas Mavericks Defeated (6-3) brooklyn nets (4-7), 96-94 at home on Monday night. Dallas, led by Luka Doncic, added another 30-point game to their winning streak and finished with 36 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. Kevin Durant helped the Nets build an early lead and scored 26 points throughout the game.
This was a difficult back and forth game. The Mavericks got off to a slow start again and early in the first quarter he posted a double-digit drop, but recovered over the same period. They continued to hold onto a three-point halftime lead with the help of a spectacular play from the bench by Josh Green. It was a very shattering affair with a kind of bizarre call.
Seemingly obsessed with roller coaster riding this year, they built an 11-point lead with less than four minutes remaining. rice field. After a back-and-forth foul that saw Luca, Dorian Finney-Smith and Kevin Durant hit a clutch free throw, Finney-Smith caught his hand in a cookie jar and fouled Durant on a three-point shot attempt. But after a successful 62nd streak, Durant ended up missing 2nd of 3 lines, giving Dallas an ugly victory.
rent goes up
Josh Green Island is one of Dallas’ most sought-after real estate properties. The third-year player has had some solid performances so far this year, but he really made his mark on this one. His 17 points were just one shy of his career-high 18 points, but his energy on the board, some smooth passes that ended with Tim Hardaway Jr.’s his 3-pointer , and strong defensive his play made a big difference in this game. A sloppy mess in the second half.
Luka Doncic’s two-handed slam when he missed a layup was the exclamation mark of the night, which was a perfect 5-for-5 from the floor and a 2-for-2 from 3. A great all-around performance from a man who is standing to set a new time awaiting Tim Hardaway Jr.’s hip injury.
sloppy slog
Both teams started shooting hot off the floor. Brooklyn shot over 40% from the floor on 3s and Dallas shot over 50% from the floor on 3s in the first half. With the halftime score 53-50 and Dallas in the lead, both teams seemed destined for his big triple-digit night. And in the third quarter, the game went dark. The offense was splashed, the flow was stopped by a stream of whistles, and Dallas had characteristically loose ball control.
Dallas is one of the best teams in the league when it comes to defending the ball, spitting it out just 13 times in a single game. They gave it out nine times in the third quarter alone. It looked better in the fourth, but at this point it looks like Dallas can’t get away with the game. It’s hard to hold back a team with talent like Kevin Durant for long, but the clutch game isn’t good for the nervous system, so he’s finished 8 of his 9 games so far this year.
Lineup experimentation continues until production improves
After coming off the bench against Toronto, JaVale Mcgee was back in the starting lineup 5, and head coach Jason Kidd explained why it’s a standard “matchup.” He lasted three minutes and never looked at the floor again.
Meanwhile, Reggie Bullock and Spencer Dinwiddie scored a total of two points. That’s his three of his five players in the starting lineup for a total of two points. Indeed, Bullock and Dinwiddie were simply off-game. They have shown that they can contribute. Still, it suggests we’re not done watching Kidd tinker with these lineups and rotations.
wipe the damn floor
After Pascal Siakam slipped on the floor and sustained an injury, Tim Hardaway Jr. was moving under the basket and entered the split when his foot slid across the floor. He was ruled out of the match with a strain in his left hip. Up until that point, he was having a solid shooting night, scoring his 11 points on his 50% shooting. Not only that, Luka Doncic had a similar incident on the sideline shortly after Tim’s slip. There is none.
