Pelicans don’t need stars to beat Doncic and Mavericks

of new orleans pelicans They didn’t need a star to win 113-111. Dallas Mavericks from Slovenian Luka Doncic, 37 authors.regardless of Casualties of Brandon Ingram and Zion Williamsonadding their third victory in four games, confirming that the group has big ambitions heading into this 2022-2023 NBA season.

Their only setback came in overtime against the Utah Jazz, which placed last year’s conference finalists Mavs on a negative balance of two losses to one win on Argentina’s debut day last night. . Facundo Campazzo. The former Real Madrid player played almost 13 minutes and contributed 3 points, 2 assists, 2 stolen bases His opening day ball defending the colors of the Texans.

If Zion, Ingram, CJ McCallum They had already shown their connection in their first match of the year. Willie Hernangomez Again minutes ran out despite team casualties.

In the absence of Shion and Ingram, 8 out of 9 players on the court finished in double digitsleading by 22 points, 8 of 8 shots from the field, Trey Murphy.

CJ McCallum Despite shooting 6-of-20, he had 14 points and 11 assists.they were shining Devon Graham 14 points, Puerto Rico Joseph Alvarado13 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.

Mavericks wasn’t enough 37 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists of Luka Doncic But those who had a bad day from the Ark, moderate 2 of 13 of statistics.24 points of Spencer Dinwiddie 6 rebounds from 23 Hosted by Christian Wood It made the Mavs ponder at times whether they could leave New Orleans with a win. Doncic had the last ball at his 113-111, but his triple barely made it to the hoop.

Alvarado hits the rhythm

Despite losing Zion and Ingram, the Pelicans got off to a great start and scored. 41 points in the first quarterled by 11 points from Jose Alvarado and Jonas Valanciunas on 17 of 23 shots.

Doncic, who scored 14 of the team’s 30 points, held up the Mavericks in contact. Maximum handicap 16 points At 47-31 in the second period, they managed to cut to 64-64 just before the break to reach 66-64.Painless left ankle sprain Neither the hitting in the first quarter nor the hitting at the end of the second could stop Doncic, who had already scored 22 points at halftime, with six rebounds and six assists.

donch pendent

His excellent play allowed the Mavericks to seal a 10-0 run in the second quarter and return to the game against the Pelicans, where Alvarado scored 13 points and 6 of 8 shots.

a Trey Murphy A strong shot from the arc allowed the Pelicans to restart with an 87-81 lead. Christian Wood They allowed the Mavericks to reach the final period with a two-point margin at 89-87.

As the Slovenian sits on the bench, Campazzo returns to the track, Scored your first Mavericks point with a 3-pointer 1992-87 opened the final period.

The Pelicans matched the rhythm of CJ McCollum, Trey Murphy and Graham on a 15-3 run to make it 106-100, with Doncic providing an assist for Kleber. An important triple that cuts the margin to his 4 points (109-105).

The Pelicans gave McCollum the Ball of the Sentence, who missed a triple, and the Mavericks got the last ball at 113-111.

Doncic was responsible for throwing the winning triple, but the Pelicans’ excellent defense forced him to make a very complicated attempt, which was eventually bounced into the hoop.