Beijing time on January 20, today, dallas mavericks at home to meet the Toronto Raptors, this is a contest between the fifth in the west and the eighth in the east, from the strength point of view, the lone ranger to have a slight advantage, coupled with The recent return of Potin, the lone ranger of this game can be said to be a favorable time and place. In this game, Doncic ushered in a big explosion, in the first half, he played 20 minutes, 8 of 15 shots, including 5 of 5 from three points, 5 of 5 from the free throw line, and had 22 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, but the outstanding performance did not allow the team to pull the score apart, and at halftime, the Lone Ranger only led by 1 point, the score was 55-54.
Trailing by one point at halftime, the Raptors clearly had hope of winning, and under the play of Sialaam, Anunoby and others, the Raptors briefly reversed the score, but in the final moments, Doncic blasted a key super far three-pointer at the familiar left 45 degree angle to help the team win steadily, and in the end, the Lone Ranger narrowly defeated the Raptors 102-98. After this game, the Lone Ranger's record is 26-19, firmly ranking fifth in the West, and the Raptors' record is 21-21, falling to tenth in the East. In this game, Doncic was very powerful, he played 42 minutes, 13 of 24 shots, including 4 of 10 three-pointers, 11 of 12 free throws, exploded 41 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 steal, plus-minus was the team's high of +7, it is worth mentioning that 41 points also set a new record for his personal season scoring, which was previously 33 points.
Porzingis was in decent form in this game, he started 33 minutes, 5 of 10, contributed 18 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, Hardaway Jr. was reduced to a substitute in this game, the performance was not too much, he played 27 minutes, 7 of 10, delivered 16 points and 2 rebounds. In addition, Finney Smith had 9 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, Brunson 8 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds, Josh Green 5 points, Bullock 3 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, and Powell 2 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. In the Raptors, Siakam played 43 minutes, 7-of-18, a team-high 20 points plus 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, which can be said to be the best effort.
Anunoby was 8-of-16, with 19 points, 8 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 assists, VanVleet played crazy in this game, he played 41 minutes, only 4 of 20 shots, contributed 18 points, 12 assists and 2 rebounds, Boucher 15 points, 12 rebounds and 3 steals, Achua 12 points and 5 rebounds, Barnes 11 points and 5 rebounds, Andi Chanperni 3 points and 4 rebounds. Even if VanVleet scores one more goal in this game, the Raptors have the hope of reversing, but VanVleet is a father and a mother, this season his average playing time is 38.0 minutes per game, up to the league first, there may be physical problems, coupled with the team's continuous injuries, this game again only used 7 people to change, the loss is also reasonable.
Doncic has recently recovered in form and the Lone Rangers' record has improved accordingly, and they have now won four straight games, 10 in the last 11 games, without the clippers of Ka and George, to see if Gemini can lead the Lone Rangers to a bigger breakthrough.