Doncic was a little frustrated after the loss to the Suns, saying: "Our defense made us lose this game, we defended badly at the beginning, we had to change that, I know we can play a more aggressive defense, I know we will do it. ”
The Suns led by more than 20 points at one point but were pulled back into single digits by Doncic alone, and at one point narrowed to 6 points in the final quarter, but the Suns still won the final victory with Paul's strong control ability. The victory also gave fans a new look at Luka Doncic, who led the team alone.
In the last quarter, 12 minutes, 5 of 5, 2 of 2 three-pointers, 13 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, the three-pointer in the 7.9 seconds before the final game was really amazing. In the 44 minutes of the game, he shot 15 of 30, 4 of 11 from three-point range, 11 of 14 from the free throw line, and finished with 45 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 block, shooting 50% from the field and 44.4% from three-point range. That's how Doncic played in this game.
The Suns have two playoff defensive gates — Mikael Bridges and Ayton, who are the second and third best defenders in the playoffs.
It's nothing at all for Doncic, with Doncic scoring 10 points and four assists on 3-of-5 + 3-of-3 three-pointers against Bridges, and 9 points and four assists on 3-of-7 + 3-of-3 3 against Ayton. The two men could not defend Doncic at all.
Doncic also set a number of records in this game: 1. 6th 40+ in the individual playoffs; 45+ in the 2.23-year-old 64-day playoffs, the youngest player since Kobe Bryant in 2001;
3. Scored a total of 568 points in the first 17 games of his playoff career, second only to Jordan and Chamberlain;
4. Averaged 33.6 points per game in the playoffs to tie the all-time no. 1 michael Jordan, with only two players completing 30+ in history;
5. Won 6 playoffs 40+ times compared to Booker, Alphabet Brother and others;
6. 23 years old won 6 times 40+ is the youngest record in the NBA;
The US media said bluntly: Doncic is really incredible. How can he prevent such a thing? Knowing that the Lone Ranger is a single core, if he has a star by his side, such as: Middleton, Adebayo, George, Anthony Davis, then the Lone Ranger is not going to rule the league?
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream