This season's NBA regular season has a special significance for Spurs coach Popovich, he became the manager with the most wins in the history of the NBA, and under his command, the Spurs, whose overall strength is not strong, also successfully squeezed out the Purple and Gold Army Lakers with the core lineup of the Big Three at the last moment, successfully met with the Pelicans in the Western Conference playoff, in the last regular season, the Spurs encountered the Lone Ranger, in order to prepare for a playoff that must be won, In this game, the Spurs sent their strongest lineup, due to injury missing for a long time in the backcourt core Murray, also returned from injury in this game, but the long time did not play a formal game to make his competitive state is not good, and the Lone Ranger played a very high offensive efficiency under the leadership of Doncic, and finally they also defeated the Spurs 130-120, because in another game, the Warriors lightly won the Pelicans, so that the Lone Rangers could only break into the playoffs with the fourth place in the West. Their opponents in the first round will be the Jazz led by Mitchell and Gobert!
Unlike most teams that have locked up the playoffs or playoffs, the Spurs did not let the core players take a break, but sent the main force to play, and the goal is also very clear, that is, to let them play with Murray who has missed many games to find the run-in and feeling of cooperation on the court, after all, the playoff will be a fixed win, and this game is also Murray's only remaining real combat opportunity.
The fact also proved that this game to make Murray's comeback is very correct, obviously affected by the long absence, Murray's performance in high-intensity official games is not good, in the 31.5 minutes of his appearance, 15 shots only hit 5 goals, including only 6 shots and 1 of 6 three-pointers, with 17 points, 1 rebound, 7 assists and 3 steals, although the Spurs also played their own iconic team basketball in this game, with a total of 6 players scoring double digits But Murray, as the first core, did not play at his normal level, which is also the reason why they lost.
After the team sent away the core of the interior Porzingis, Doncic, who became the lone hero of the team, once again proved his super dominance in this game, facing the targeted defense of the Spurs' main lineup, the European genius still played a very gorgeous personal data, because the significance of the game was not great for them, this battle Doncic only played 28.5 minutes, 18 shots hit 8 goals, including 5 three-pointers 2, one person bombed 26 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, With 2 steals and 1 block of ultra-comprehensive personal data, the Lone Ranger also had 5 players score double-digit in this game as Doncic attracted the bag to send a pass for his teammates to organize the whole team to attack, which is also the key to their victory.
For the Spurs, it is very crucial for Murray to get back to form through this game, after all, if they want to successfully lock in the hope of a playoff, they must win two consecutive games in the playoffs, which also means that they do not have any chance of trial and error, and hope that this team without superstars can play well in the playoffs under the leadership of Bobo Laozi and strive to advance to the playoffs!