Doncic and Irving combined for 69 points in the Dallas loss.
His first two games Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving in Dallas They have not gone as the fans of the team expected. Although yes, as we could guess, according to the new equipment configuration: overwhelming talent in attack, but too many problems in defence. The rest for now? two meetings two losses. First against the Kings and this Monday against Minnesota at home, 124-121 liar.
The Timberwolves dominated the matchup at will until the final period, where Irving went on one of those classic streaks for him: 26 points! in the fourth quarter to tie the score and give the Texans prospects for a memorable comeback.
In fact, Dallas got to have the last possession, with a difference of three, but neither Irving nor Doncic dared to go to the finals. In a rather flashy performance, both passed the ball on several consecutive occasions on the perimeter, reaching zero on the clock without attempting the potential game-tying 3-pointer. They sinned distractedly, which obviously isn’t often seen in two rampaging goalscorers of his style. Although of course, it was thanks to them that the Mavs reached the end: 36 Irving, 33 Doncic.
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Losing aside, the Mavs’ defensive performance has to be concerning. They allowed 133 points (with overtime) in the first Irving-Doncic and 124 in the second. For large areas, the table is completely freed for the attacks of Anthony Edwards (32 points) and up Rudy Gobert (21 points).
Dallas’ lack of rim protection is concerning and there is no fix (although the return of Maxi Kleber should help). They are the fourth team with fewest blocks per game and against the Timberwolves they just added one thanks to none other than Kyrie Irving. Additionally, they lost the battle on the boards 39-33.
Knowing this lack of answers from his interior players (although Christian Wood, 24 points, gives them on offense), Jason Kidd is betting more and more on quintets small ball. Already opens the game with Josh Green and Reggie Bullock (two guards by nature) in positions 3 and 4, to then go long stretches without even large in the country.
The problem is that the second unit options for these series of small ball not very encouraging for Dallas. Kidd had to resort to French Frank Dilikina and strangely there is more and more room for Theo Pinson: Added his fifth straight game in double-digit minutes, when until recently he was someone known simply for his looks cheerleader from the Mavericks bench. Pinson’s performance, pitching air balls on open 3s and missing layups, explains why he had that point.
After all, Dallas will have to do its thing offensive talent (he has it to spare) weighs more than a few defensive problems which they probably won’t be able to eliminate for the rest of 2022-2023.
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Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo He gave a harsh response to the question about a possible trade to another NBA club:
“I’m here. Don’t ask me that question. It’s disrespectful to me and my teammates. I wear this jersey every day.
To say I don’t want to be here is disrespectful to the organization, the coaching staff, myself and everyone who worked hard to get me on the field. Don’t ask me this question. I am her. I’m going out in this uniform. And as long as I’m here, I’ll give it my all until the last second of the match.”
On the night of December 27-28, Antetokounmpo returned to the field after his calf muscle injury and became the most productive player of the game with the Chicago Bulls – 112:103.
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Nine games were played in the NBA regular season on the night of December 27-28.
“San Antonio” hosted “Utah” and suffered a sensational defeat.
Spurs had a good first quarter, during which they made a 15:2 spurt to take an 11-point lead at 30:19, but failed to build on it or at least maintain it. In the second quarter, the Jazz responded with a 25:5 attack and took the lead 62:51 with the same 11 points. Utah then kept the opponent at bay for more than 10 points until the middle of the fourth quarter, when Spurs equalized the score – 106:106, thanks to a 14:2 breakthrough. However, the home team could not achieve this success and failed at the end of the match. In the last three minutes of the game, San Antonio scored 2 points and lost them with a score of 2:11 and had a score of 114:127 throughout the match.
Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk He was in Utah’s starting five and stayed on the field for 14 minutes, during which time he scored 3 points (1/1 three-pointers), also made 1 rebound and 1 assist with 1 loss and 1 foul.
The most productive player of the match was Vembanyama, who brought 32 points to Spurs, but this did not help them achieve positive results. Jazz has 29 points from Markkanen and 28 points from George.
“Chicago” lost at home to “Milwaukee”, where Giannis Antetokounmpo returned.
The Bucks gained a minimal advantage in the first quarter and then gradually increased it, eventually winning all quarters of the match and winning with a score of 103:112.
In this game, Antetokounmpo returned to the field after his calf muscle injury and became the most productive player, scoring 29 points for Milwaukee. Portis also scored a double-double for the guest team with 17 points and 11 rebounds.
NBA. Regular season, December 28
San Antonio – Utah – 114:127 (40:32, 20:38, 27:28, 27:29)
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Nine regular season games took place in the NBA on the night of December 26-27.
Utah hosted the Eastern Conference leader and won a sensational victory.
The first half of the match was spent with a small lead for the Pistons, who kept their opponent one or two shots away most of the time and entered the long break with a 1-point lead at 68:67. The decisive factor in the match was the third quarter; In this quarter, Jazz made a 16:3 move and took the lead by 12 points, 90:78. The home team had the advantage in the score, but Detroit gradually reduced the gap and 19 seconds before the siren, after two free throws by Cunningham, they equalized the score – 129:129. However, the match did not go to overtime – Utah took advantage of the remaining time with the efforts of George, who scored a two-pointer 3 seconds before the siren – 131:129.
Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk He stayed on the field for 21 minutes and recorded 9 points (3/4 two-pointers, 1/2 three-pointers), as well as 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.
The most productive player was George, who scored 31 points for Utah, while Nurkic had a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds.
orlando: Black (24), Carter (16 + 8 rebounds), Bane (15 + 10 rebounds), Banchero (13), Jones (8) – start; Richardson (14) and Silva (8), Kane (5), Isaac (2), Howard (0), Penda (0), O. Robinson (0).
Charlotte: Ball (22 + 7 rebounds + 6 for loss), Knippel (16), Bridges (16 + 11 rebounds), Miller (15), Diabate (10 + 13 rebounds) – start; Hall (14 + 8 rebounds), Sexton (13), Hall (7), Green (6), Connaughton (1), James (0), Mann (0).
Chicago – Philadelphia – 109:102 (30:28, 19:24, 32:33, 28:17)
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