The Lone Rangers lost again to the Suns 109-129 today, trailing 0-2 by a large margin.
Doncic is still very strong today, playing 36 minutes, shooting 13 of 22, including 5 of 10 three-pointers, 4 of 5 free throws, 35 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, but it still became an empty cut.
In the first half, Doncic played 18 minutes, 9 of 14 from the field, 4 of 7 from three-point range, and had already recorded 24 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists. This is Donchichisheng. In the first half of the first game, Doncic also scored 26 points. In the first two games of the series, Doncic scored a total of 50 points in the first half.
In addition, so far in the playoff career, Doncic has averaged 19 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in the first half, which is very eye-catching.
After scoring 47 points in the last game, Doncic equaled Jordan in his playoff career, and after scoring 35 points today, Doncic's average points per game rose to 33.5 points, temporarily surpassing Jordan (33.4 points) in the first place in history. Doncic has played only 18 playoff games, just one-tenth of Jordan's (179).
Today's game is also the 12th 30+ of Doncic's playoff career, tying with Abdul-Jabbar and ranking fourth among under-24 players in playoff history, behind James, Bryant and Durant.
Doncic was a true loner in the last game, and today he is the same, with one more than the other four starters combined. The lone ranger's remaining four starters scored just 31 points in total, including Bullock 16 points, Brunson 9 points, Powell 4 points and Finney Smith 2 points.
Brunson was not in good shape today, finishing with just nine points, five rebounds and two assists on 3-of-12 shooting. It is worth mentioning that Brunson averaged 27.8 points per game when facing the Jazz in the first round, and only 11 points per game when facing the Suns in the second round. When Doncic is out, Brunson shoots 50.7 percent from the field and 41.2 percent from three-point range, compared with 41 percent and 30 percent when playing at the same time as Doncic.
This is not to say that Doncic affected Brunson's performance, but when Doncic was away, Brunson could let go, and when Doncic was there, he did not have enough ball rights and performance opportunities, and the natural performance had a significant decline.