After eliminating the Jazz in the first round of the NBA's Western Playoffs on April 29, the Dallas Mavericks and their star Luka Doncic received widespread praise, especially from two team stars, Nowitzki and Kidd, who are known as the first people to write basketball in Europe today. This is also the first time he joined the Lone Ranger and came to the NBA to follow or lead the team to win the playoff series, breaking through the bottleneck of himself and the team, which is not easy.
The Slovenian 23-year-old was both fortunate and unfortunate in his MLB career, fortunately he finished third in the 2018 NBA Draft, and his basketball talent at the age of 20 was widely recognized, and then he moved to Dallas to the team where his European predecessor and legendary star Dirk Nowitzki once fought and won championships.
Here, Doncic is valued by the club and the team, he can play his talents to the fullest, and in a very short period of time he has become the biggest support of the team, which is his luck. And unfortunately, it's because the last time the Dallas Mavericks won in the playoff series was back in the 2010-2011 season, and that time they won the championship, and the team's name was mavericks. Since then, the team has fallen deep into the trough, never slowed down, and occasionally made the playoffs and was eliminated in the first round. Especially in the 2011-12 season after winning the championship, the first round of the playoffs was swept by the Thunder 4-0, which was shamefully recorded in the annals of league history.
Doncic arrived, it was the season after the team had just changed its name, still struggling in the process of rebuilding and rising, which was destined not to help Doncic's goals and ideals of achieving great results and honors in a short period of time, all on his own.
Doncic has been the team's thigh for four seasons, although he is almost the youngest, during which time they have made the playoffs in the 2019-20 season, only to be sadly eliminated by the Clippers. Among them, Doncic once had a 3-point kill, slashing 43 points, 17 rebounds and 13 assists in the whole game, playing a three-double performance in a row, but because of the lack of overall strength of the team, it could not go any further. Although the team's record is still not satisfactory to the fans, Doncic's personal performance is not to be said. Over the past four seasons, Doncic's statistics have continued to climb steadily, from 21.2 points per game to 28 and 4 points this season, assists from 6 to 8.7, rebounds from 7.8 to 9.1, fully showing the quality of an All-Star player. Doncic has been selected for the best rookie lineup from the "rookie" season to the all-Star Game Western Starters and the best lineup, the league's status has been continuously improved, and it has been continuously recognized by more people.
Of course, these are not the biggest goals that Doncic pursues, and this biggest goal is certainly to be able to lead the team further in the playoffs, at least to break through the first round. And this season, he and the team finally did it, he spent four seasons himself, the team spent a full 11 years. In the 4-2 elimination series of jazz, Doncic made three appearances due to injury, a total of 87 points, which also allowed his playoff total to break the 500-point mark to 523 points. In this way, Doncic's total playoff score exceeded 500 points in only 16 games, second only to Jordan's 14 games, ranking second in history, which also means that Doncic's personal scoring ability can already be compared with Jordan in the early days of his career. Among them, in the second game of the comeback, Doncic once had a magical play of 19 points in a single quarter. Commenting on Doncic's performance, Lone Ranger coach Kidd, who has been with the team for many years, said: "When Luca is on the floor, he attracts a lot of defensive attention, he is one of the best players in the world. ”
Now, the goal of the first step after coming to the team has been achieved, and Doncic has spent four seasons, from the age of 19 to 23. Next, he will continue to break through the bottlenecks of himself and the team and keep moving forward. In front of the team is the Western Conference semifinals opponent and the sun that ranks first in the regular season. Despite the difficulties, despite the bumps in the road ahead, Doncic will still try to move forward, he is still young, there are opportunities, and his career achievements will not only stay in the second round of the playoffs.
Text/Beiqing Sports Liu Ailin