On May 5, Beijing time, the Suns once again faced the Dallas Mavericks at home, and in the end, the Suns defeated the Mavericks 129-109 under the leadership of Paul and Booker, leading 2-0.
In this game, Doncic performed very well, and after the whole game, Doncic scored 35 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, but São Paulo came again in the last quarter, successfully opened the score gap, and finally lost the game.
Doncic shot 13-of-22 from the field, 5-of-10 from three-point range and 4-of-5 from the free throw line, had 35 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 steal. According to statistics, Doncic averaged 33.5 points per game in the career playoffs (18 games), surpassing Jordan (33.4) to rank first in history. Moreover, this game is the 12th time that Doncic has scored 30+ in the playoffs before the age of 24, and it is tied with Abdul-Jabbar and is the fourth most under-24 player in history, behind James (21 times), Bryant (17 times) and Durant (17 times).
A lot of fans are complaining about Doncic, Doncic played so well, why can't he win the game? From these two games, the Lone Ranger has two fatal flaws that are the biggest factor in their loss.
1. Doncic has no suitable helpers around him
After the game, Head Coach Kidd, who is a loner, said: "He (Doncic) did a very good job in this game, but we have no one else to stand up to, we can't win with his 30 points per night alone, we have to help him more." ”
According to statistics, Doncic scored 35 points in this game, 4 points more than the remaining four starters combined, including Bullock 16 points, Brunson 9 points, Powell 4 points, Finney Smith 2 points, on the bench, only Dinwiddie scored double-digits, Doncic can only fight alone.
2. Flaws and defenses on the inside line
Through these two games, it can be seen that the Lone Ranger did not have a good defense in the face of the Suns' interior attack, in this game, let the Suns take 50 points on the inside line, and the Lone Ranger did not get any advantage in the case of a three-point shooting rate much lower than the Suns, two games, the defense of the inside line, did not do better, the last game let Ayton win 20+, although this game limited Ayton, but than Yongbo also played very well on the inside line, which made the Lone Ranger in defense helpless.
Finally, facing Paul's defense, in today's game, it can be seen that the Lone Ranger, like the Pelicans in the first round, has failed for Paul's defense, and if you want to win, limiting Paul must be the place that the Lone Ranger needs to pay attention to.
These two points are the biggest flaws of the Lone Ranger, if not changed, it is difficult to break through the Sun, and may even be swept out by the Sun, and the Biggest advantage of the Lone Ranger is the projection of the outside line, if the outside projection is better, whether it is Brunson or Powell and Dinwiddie, can share the pressure of Doncic on the offensive end, the Lone Ranger still has a chance to complete the turnover, but if the Lone Ranger does not do these two points, winning the ball will become a very difficult thing.