A serious look, a withered look, Luka Doncic Rather than set off the spark that ignited the mixture of events, he caused boredom and even despair. “Old Doncic”, The Slovenian player, who had a tantrum with the referee, was sent to the bench at the end of the third quarter after using the technique of protesting an undirected foul to sanction him. Jason Kidd Don’t let things go any further.Another bad day in Dallas for Washington Wizards after (113-105) Orlando Magic. If Luca doesn’t laugh when he complains about decaf, the Mavericks don’t laugh 22 points -Except for 9 rebounds and 6 assists-, inaccurate 8/21 at a field goal.

Doncic is universal, but not supernatural. It’s natural for him to lower his guard a little, but it seems abnormal to him. A base accustomed to constant exquisiteness, 30 pointschained two games together for the first time this season without reaching 30 points between the Magic and Wizards. regular campaign From March onwards, from May onwards, we are not taking into account regular phases or playoffs. And he hasn’t been that low in scoring either since March. 15 points against Minnesota.

With this campaign moving to a higher physical level, the Slovenians multiple tactical traps This was evidenced by a string of missed shots in their last two games, going 17/51 and just 34% when they weren’t below 50%. Adorable foreign accomplice SSpencer Dinwiddieputting what Luca could not give, exquisite with 33 points (11/17 on TC, 7/12 on triple).

but above all Kyle Kuzma36 points and 11 rebounds, a woes within the Texas franchise, forgot another significant loss for the Wizards bradley beer and a former Slovenian partner, Kristaps PorzingisIn one of the few incidents with an insignificant ending, Facundo Campazzo He returned to play for the Mavericks after two weeks and seven games, but had a last 11-second decoration when Jason Kidd had already put a substitute on the field.

Wizards weakened Doncic not only in skill, but also in strength. Aggressive, yet not ignoring the defensive versatility that embarrasses his guards, various between his two-for-one, low applied him harder at his post and corners. pick and roll, a change that Slovenians are accustomed to always or almost always winning individual duels, but also resorting to “drops”, in a more speculative defense the on-screen defender and the manager’s defender passing the screen To do. It made Doncic very uncomfortable.of “disappear”, The weapon, which the former Real Madrid player is already completely defenseless against, also didn’t look like it used to.

Players like Deni Avdija and Kuzma himself have held up to him well in one-on-ones.Also Rui Hachimura, showing off the Japanese with 23 goals. Despite a 58-61 halftime run, Wes has already made it clear that his Unseld Jr. team knows how to outdo Doncic with just his 7 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in the first half. wasWizard they stuck to their plan And they continued to contain the Slovenians in the third quarter, with Washington closing out the third quarter at 87-83 in the final 12 minutes.

Even without Christian Wood, and when he needed it most, the bench again left Doncic alone, adding 24 points against the Magic and 25 against the Wizards. No matter how good he is, no matter how strong he is especially this season, Luke can’t always do everything.