In today's NBA league, Doncic is the first person in the future league that many fans are very optimistic about, although today's European geniuses are still in the rookie contract, but his dominance on the court has made him enter the ranks of top stars, but the lone ranger he leads has not been regarded as a title favorite, the main reason is that there are not enough good teammates around, and the performance of the lone ranger in the regular season in the new season is far from meeting the expectations of the outside world. With only 12 wins and 13 losses in the first twenty-five regular season games, and eighth in the Western Conference Standings, the Mavericks will definitely want to get a higher ranking if they want to break through in the playoffs, which will require them to win more in the next regular season! In this regular season, the Lone Ranger challenged the Thunder team in the bottom of the West, this time Doncic hung up the exemption card, so that the gap between the two sides narrowed, without Doncic's strong pull on the offensive end, Porzingis and Hadaway Jr. The performance of the two major scoring points did not meet expectations, but the Lone Ranger still relied on role players to play a huge advantage on the inside, and finally defeated the Thunder team 103-84!
The Lone Ranger, who has a talented teenager Doncic, is a team that typically relies on the individual ability of the star to drive the overall performance of the team, once he can not play, the team's offensive fluency and firepower will be greatly reduced, and the other major scoring points will also bear greater defensive pressure on the offensive end, resulting in a decline in personal offensive efficiency, which is evident in this game with the Thunder.
Porzingis, who is regarded as the core of the team's interior line, should have assumed the responsibility of a leader in the absence of Doncic, but his performance once again disappointed the fans, and in the 29.6 minutes of the game, although Porzingis contributed 13 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block in the 29.6 minutes of his play, but the personal offensive efficiency was not high, only 6 goals were hit in 17 shots, and the other main score point Hardaway also performed poorly after not having Doncic's pass. With just 2 of 9 shots, he also had 6 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
Fortunately, the Lone Ranger's role players are in good shape in this game, especially in the internal confrontation, they have played a huge advantage in the crushing, the Lone Ranger has a net victory over the opponent in rebounds by 14 times, and the inside score is 50-20 far ahead, which is the main reason why they can still win when the three-point shooting rate is less than 30%.
In contrast, the young Thunder team all members did not find a state in the game, as the absolute core of Alexander, under the defensive targeting of the Lone Ranger, although he contributed 18 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks, but the personal offensive efficiency was not high, shooting the team's highest 15 times, but only hit 6 goals, and the three-point shot was only 5 of 1 performance.
For the Lone Rangers, as long as they can't win the championship, it means failure, but to achieve this goal, they can't put all their hopes on Doncic, and the team management must build a very effective lineup around Doncic, which is why many fans hope to be able to trade Porzingis for a more personal star player to form a double core with Doncic!