Beijing time on March 24, the regular season into the final sprint stage of the Lone Ranger against the Rockets, in the face of the lower ranked Rockets, the Lone Ranger took nine out of ten, and finally defeated the Rockets 110-91 to win the game, the Lone Ranger star Doncic was absent, Brunson came off the bench, it is worth mentioning that he played 29 minutes in the game, efficiently scored 28 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists of the comprehensive data, and the shooting rate is very high, more than 50% of 10 out of 19, In contrast, there was only one mistake. Brunson, who has played off the bench in his last six games with Doncic sidelined and averaged 20.4 points and 7.5 assists per game, has become a Lone Ranger.
Looking back at today's game, Doncic was absent due to injury, while Hardaway Jr. and Bertans were both absent from the game, and the Lone Ranger's lineup can be said to be incomplete. At the beginning of the first quarter, the two sides did not let each other, the Rockets took advantage of Green's onslaught to take the lead, but soon the Lone Rangers played a wave of 7-2 offensive points, but the Rockets' state was obviously not bad, they continued to go to the basket to score the score to pull back the disadvantage, but the Lone Ranger Dinwiddie hit two consecutive shots to give the Lone Ranger a 25-21 lead at the end of the first quarter.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Rockets played a 7-2 counterattack to overtake the score, the Lone Ranger still used Dinwiddie's state advantage to continuously hand over the ball to him, while Dinwiddie found Brunson as a connection point, the two cooperated tacitly in the second quarter, assisted each other to score, until the end of the second quarter Dinwiddie scored 19 points, Brunson scored 12 points.
In the second half, the Rockets struggled to maintain the score advantage, the Lone Ranger controlled both ends of the attack and defense in the third quarter, Brunson broke out in this quarter, directly stopped the Rockets with a wave of 8-1 attack, and finally he scored 16 points in a single quarter, and entered the last quarter the Lone Ranger held a big score advantage, the game lost suspense early, the Lone Ranger was able to take the Rockets lightly, mainly relying on the performance of the double gun, Dinway Di Brunson's excellent play made the Rockets difficult to resist.
At present, it seems that the Lone Ranger took Porzingis for Dinwiddie does not seem to be a very bad deal, although the team's internal threat is reduced, but Dinwiddie and Doncic have better phases and have the ability to score independently, while Brunson has gradually grown into the main point of the team, Doncic ga Brunson and Dinwiddie's combination of offensive firepower is strong, as long as it can handle the problem of ball rights, I believe this is the new three musketeers that the Lone Ranger has been looking forward to.
On the whole, although Brunson is the best choice for Doncic's bench, his level should definitely not stop here, and the Lone Ranger can even give Brunson more opportunities to grow up, which can make the Lone Ranger more competitive in the playoffs.