Today, the Dallas Mavericks continue their NBA regular season journey against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Cavaliers are the dark horse team in the Eastern Division this season, when they rushed to the top four in the East. Despite the season reimbursements of Sexton and Rubio, Garland turned out to be an All-Star, while Jarrett Allen, Markkanen and Mobley's frontcourt three-high lineup was very useful, and Love was old and strong, making the Cavaliers look like they had finished rebuilding ahead of schedule.
But the fact is that as the playoffs approach, the power of the stars is infinitely magnified, and without superstars in the seat, the Cavaliers still have a decline in record, and recently lost consecutive battles. Against the Mavericks, the Cavaliers didn't have a good chance, and they couldn't restrain Doncic.
Doncic has been steadily improving this season, from his fat start at the beginning of the season to his success in weight loss in the middle of the season, and now he has become a very stable team core. Facing the Cavaliers, Doncic played with ease and no one could defend him.
During the game, Doncic staged a "magic moment": he made a shooting fake action under the basket, deceived the opposing defender, pretended to pass the ball to the empty Powell, but actually shot the shot himself and hit it, shaking everyone.
Throughout the game, Doncic got a quasi-triple-double of 35 points, 9 rebounds and 13 assists, leading the Mavericks to beat the Cavaliers 120-112, continuing to win the top four positions in the West, and even expected to surpass the Golden State Warriors and rise to the third position in the West.
The Mavericks look like doncic is only a superstar, but in fact, their lineup is very thick, multiple tall wing players can be rotated, the quality of defense is high, and the division of labor on the offensive end is clear.