Beijing time on February 28, the Lone Ranger challenged the Warriors who are currently in second place in the West, the Lone Ranger in the first quarter was 13 points behind the Warriors, and at most it was 21 points behind the opponent, I thought that this game would lose suspense early, and as a result, the Lone Ranger who woke up in the last quarter played a 33-13 shockwave, successfully filled the big pit behind, and finally reversed the Warriors 107-101 with a thrilling reversal, and walked out of the haze of the last 5-point defeat to the Jazz.
And the director of this reversal of the good play, is the previous lone ranger fans disliked by the new signing Dinwiddie, in the last quarter Dinwiddie played the whole field, 5 shots 4 in a single quarter cut 10 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, the whole game Dinwiddie came off the bench for 31 minutes, 14 shots 10 won 24 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, +17 plus or minus is also the highest one in the whole team, in fact, this game can break out is not accidental, as early as the last lone ranger lost jazz game, Dinwiddie ushered in a recovery, At that time, he also played as a substitute for 25 minutes, scoring 20 points on 8-of-12 shooting, and slashing 20+ in two consecutive games, and Dinwiddie also won the proof for himself with practical actions.
After last year's offseason and nets contract expired, Dinwiddie also became a free agent, and finally the Wizards brought him to Washington for a price of 3 years and 54 million, although in the second game on behalf of the Wizards, Dinwiddie cut the season's highest 34 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists, but unfortunately the good times were not long, the team suffered a large wave of injuries, coupled with Dinwiddie's unstable projection weakness was gradually exposed, and before the trade deadline, Dinwiddie, who has become the team's "target", was also cleaned up. Packed with Bertans, he was traded by the Wizards to the Lone Ranger.
And the newcomer Dinwiddie, in the first two games also failed to play the level of due, a total of only 12 points (4 points against the Heat, 8 points against the Pelicans), originally thought he would break the jar, but did not think that after the end of the All-Star Weekend, Dinwiddie also ushered in a recovery. In these 4 games for the Lone Ranger, Dinwiddie averaged 14 points, 3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game, shooting 63.9% and 46.2% from three-point range, respectively, and has gradually played his "Mr. 54 million" stature.
It is true that Dinwiddie's recovery is indeed a good thing for the Lone Ranger, but because of his joining, Brunson, who once became the "second boss" of the team, became a victim. In the two games in which Dinwiddie broke out, Brunson failed to play as he should have been, shooting 45% of the two games, and scoring 16 points in total, and his rookie contract just expired this summer, not long ago he explicitly rejected a 4-year, 56 million contract offered by the Lone Ranger, and wanted to ask for an annual salary of about 18 million. But now that Dinwiddie has erupted, Brunson's days as a loner may really come to an end.
As a two-legged defender picked by the Lone Ranger with the 3rd pick in the second round of 2018, the 25-year-old Brunson has also ushered in an outbreak this season, as of now, he can average a career-best 16 points, 3.8 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game, and in the case of Boshin's absence due to injury not long ago, he has handed over 20+ stable points in succession, becoming the most powerful assistant around Doncic, but if Brunson insists on asking for a high-paying contract, it is not ruled out that Cuban will let him go, after all, Dinwiddie's gradual improvement, It was already a perfect alternative to his position.