Doncic and Irving finally win as a couple

first thing he said Jason Kidd after receiving Kyrie Irving As the closing gift of the transfer market was that the Dallas Mavericks’ best defense is on offense. First win as a duo That of a controversial point guard in the league’s new fashionable couple Luka Doncic. and 51 points and 16 assiststhe most dangerous aggressive tandem in the competition, forced his teammates to continue the course and smashed 142-116. San Antonio Spurs By the way, they didn’t do much to avoid slaughterhouses either.

his head is already set to chase Victor Wenbanyamathe next number one in the 2023 draft, Gregg Popovich They accepted defeat on their way to the bottom of the standings. The Mavs, on the other hand, followed their coach’s predictions closely. “Will my rivals feel safe when I score so many points?” The scale of displeasure puts him If 130-140 points, The team fully responded last night with eight players in double digits.

Doncic leads the scoring 28 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists (8-16 TC; 1-6 3P), just finished a mini-vacation in Mexico after having some All-Star fun. 23 goals and 6 basket passesin the meantime Tim Hardaway He scored 22 points in the second unit and 6 of 11 in triples. After a three-game losing streak before the All-Star Weekend break, the win revitalized the championship-considering group and sits sixth in the Western Conference (32-29). “This is a 22-game sprint”said the coach.

With the highest score on the course and the most successful from the 3rd line, the Mavs gave us a glimpse of the version they plan to use as the only way to victory during the race. play off. 22 of 42 in triple (52.4%), which is 142 points that most opponents cannot achieve. Justin Holliday New to the Dallas discipline, he contributed 15 points and 5/6 from the perimeter in his debut with the franchise that started off the bench.

“People say Luka and Kai need the ball, they know how to use alliesthey are now fulfilling their mission,” Kidd boasted before his own choral exhibition. Dwight PowellHowever, he stressed that Dallas intends to perform better on defense. play off that is small detailsYou have to work on it and more specifically on defense. ”

spurs They lost 15 straight games, A negative record for the team, they have lost 20 of their last 21 outings but remain just short of the penultimate. houston rockets in classification (14-46). Despite the results, they competed until the final quarter. 13 consecutive points or assists de Irving turned a 10-point lead to over 25 points before the halfway point of the final period.

That’s where the clash ended, and for some of the Mavericks, who were already dominating in double digits at halftime, nothing was in jeopardy. “It’s definitely difficult to play against them. They are two of the best players 1v1 and we have good results against them.but then they pass it on to their teammates and others score the shot,” he said. Malachi Branhama rookie, but the benchmark for defeat in San Antonio with 23 points and 5 assists.

“The gravity of these two is crazy. You can have the two together.” Powell marveled at the golden opportunity for the rest of his teammates to have two superstars on the court. For rivals, it definitely doesn’t give them many options on defense.