Beijing time on February 28, today, the NBA ushered in a focus battle, the Lone Ranger away challenge to the Golden State Warriors, which is a strong dialogue between the fifth in the West and the second in the West. The Warriors sat at home, led by 21 points at the highest time, and thought they would win a big win to end their loss, but they did not expect that after the second half, the situation on the court changed dramatically, under the leadership of Doncic and Dinwiddie, the Lone Ranger completed a big reversal, and finally defeated the Warriors by 6 points, the score was fixed at 107-101.
Doncic performed poorly in the first half, winning 23+8 in the second half, and was one of the heroes of the team's victory. Doncic shot 10-of-21 from the field and had 34 points and 11 rebounds, which looks really good. However, Doncic still has two major deficiencies, the first is too many mistakes, this game, Doncic had the highest 9 mistakes in the game, which was unbearable; the second is that there are too few assists, and Doncic did not send many assists in this game, only 2, which is quite abnormal. Although the team won by 6 points, Doncic's plus-minus was -5.
So, Doncic's overall state is average, why can the team still win? Here we have to mention Dinwiddie. Dinwiddie is a player who needs the ball in hand, after coming to the Lone Ranger, has not been able to get too much ball, this game, due to the poor feel of Doncic in the first half, in the second half, Dinwiddie controlled the overall situation, he combed the team's attack clearly, shortly after the beginning of the last quarter, Dinwiddie forced the basket to win, after that, and then scored 5 points with a burst of shooting, the decisive moment, Dinwiddie received a pass from his teammate and pressed the whistle, and hit the bottom corner three points.
Under the tandem of Dinwiddie, the Lone Ranger played a small climax of 16-5, the confidence of the whole team increased greatly, and the defensive intensity also rose rapidly, forcing the Warriors to score no sports battle for 8 minutes. Since Dinwiddie played well, Kidd simply let Doncic rest for a long time in the last quarter before coming up. When Doncic came up, he knew that his hands were cold, and he also fulfilled his teammates and gave the ball to Dinwiddie, who did not disappoint in the end. At the crucial moment, Doncic showed his superstar nature, after killing 2 goals in a row, he walked to the free throw line many times, which led to such a result.
It turns out that Dinwiddie is a very capable player, whether playing as a main player or a substitute, as long as he can get a certain amount of ball, he can help the team. In the Wizards' time, When Bill was absent, it was under the leadership of Dinwiddie, Kuzma and Pope that the Wizards were able to reach the top of the East at one point. After Beal returned, the ball rights of Dinwiddie and others gradually decreased, and Beal occupied more ball rights, and the offensive efficiency was not high, so the Wizards' record plummeted, and eventually Dinwiddie became the team's scapegoat and was traded miserably.
After being traded to the Lone Ranger, Dinwiddie became Doncic's best partner, this game, Dinwiddie dreamed back to the peak, came off the bench for 31 minutes 14 of 10, cut 24 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, plus or minus as high as +17. At present, the Lone Ranger has enough manpower in the first and second positions, they lack a good center, and if they want to compete for the championship, the inside line must be strengthened. Thanks to the wizards, Doncic found the best partner, otherwise Dinwiddie's talent would be buried.