On January 27, Beijing time, the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Blazers 132-112 to avoid a second consecutive defeat. The Lone Rangers secured a fifth-place spot in the West after the game. The Lone Ranger has been playing the main defensive system recently, but this battle has played a confrontation, most likely because it feels that the Blazers are not strong enough, Kidd feels that the confrontation can also win, and the result is indeed a 20-point victory for the Lone Ranger.
In this game, the Lone Rangers were all on the team with 7 doubles + 2 people 20+, Brunson 20 points, 11 assists and 6 rebounds, Porzingis 22 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal, and Powell and Bullock on the bench both scored 15 points. Core Luka Doncic also scored 15 points in this game, but he was 4 of 11, Brunson was 9 of 15, Smith was 4 of 7, Kleber was 5 of 9, Powell was 5 of 5, Bullock was 5 of 8 and Porzingis was 8 of 18.
Although Doncic's efficiency is not good, 4 of 11 in the whole game, he should still boast. 37 minutes, 15 points, 15 assists, 10 rebounds and 1 steal, only 3 turnovers, assists and turnovers than 5:1, this performance is quite explosive, from the side also shows that the Blazers pack Doncic's tactics are completely failed, after the pack Doncic can find empty teammates, the Blazers lose one or the other.
Doncic also set several records in this campaign: 1. He scored his 110th double-double, tied with Derek Harper to become the sixth in Mavericks history.
2. Doncic scored his sixth triple-double of the season, the 42nd of his career and the others 40 times in lone ranger history;
3. Doncic had two triple-doubles with 15+ assists in the 21-22 season, while the rest of the players combined had only 2;
4. Doncic and Brunson delivered at least 10 assists on the road at the same time, for the first time in team history since 1985 (the last time was Brad Davis and Derrick Harper against the Spurs in 1985)
Doncic, 22, has scored 42 triple-doubles is enough to show how versatile he is, he is already one of the most comprehensive players in NBA history, people have compared him to LeBron James since his rookie season, and now it seems that he does have the style of Zhan Huang, scoring, rebounding, assisting are all perfect, and this season's average of 25.2 points, 8.8 rebounds and 8.7 assists per game is also comprehensive enough.
After Kidd became the coach of the Lone Ranger, Doncic's weakest defense has also improved, and Doncic's defensive efficiency of 122 this season is not too bad, he has become a superstar who integrates attack and defense.
Text/Yan Xiaobai