Beijing time, May 5, this morning, the Lone Ranger lost to the Suns 109-129, suffered two consecutive losses in the playoffs, at present, the Lone Ranger is at an absolute disadvantage of 0-2, and the situation is very unoptimistic. For the Lone Rangers, the reasons for the loss are well understood, the first is the inability to defend Paul and Booker, and the second is that the team lacks a stable core offensive point besides Doncic. In this game, Paul once again played the true color of the point guard god to the extreme, he shot 11 of 16 in the game, and scored 28 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists.
At first glance, Paul's stats are bland and a lot of people can play, but look at his performance in the second half to see how godly he is. In the first half, Paul tried the bull knife, 6 of 2, but in the second half 10 shots hit 9 goals, almost without a bullet, in the fourth quarter, he only played the first 6 minutes, the first 6 shots all hit, a single quarter cut 14 points directly away from the game, and the efficiency is amazing. The fly in the ointment is that Paul made a rare 3 mistakes in this game, but in this match between the new and old defenders, Paul still taught Doncic a lesson.
Although the Lone Ranger lost, Doncic's performance was still very hot, he played 36 minutes, 13 of 22, 5 of 10 three-pointers, 35 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, despite this, under the pressure of the Suns' strong defense, he still had a game-high 7 turnovers. It turns out that Doncic's personal ability is very outstanding, if you match him with better teammates, he will definitely be able to lead the team further, see after sending Porzingis away this year, in exchange for Dinwiddie, the team can break through the first round and advance to the semi-finals.
In the G1 of the two sides, Doncic recorded 45 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists on 15-of-30 shooting, when his playoff average reached 33.4 points per game, tied for first all-time with Jordan. After scoring 35 points in this game, Doncic participated in a total of 18 playoff games in his career, and his playoff average scores reached 33.5 points per game, which also allowed him to break the NBA record held by Jordan and become the first person in NBA history. Less than 24 years old, can be compared with Jordan, you can see how powerful Doncic is.
At this point, neither Kobe Nord, Jordan, O'Neal, nor James has ever done it. It has to be said that Doncic's personal ability is very explosive, and he has now shown the shadow of a superstar, according to such a hot performance, Doncic may even break James's playoff total scoring record after retiring. According to statistics, Doncic has cut 30+ data in the playoffs 12 times before the age of 24, and is tied for fourth in history with Abdul-Jabbar, behind James/Kobe/KD, and the young man's future prospects are unlimited.
Doncic plays slowly, but it's the rhythm that lets defenders know what a nightmare is. Now it seems that Cuban really did not choose the wrong person, if he had chosen Trae Young at that time, seeing Doncic's supernatural performance now, he would definitely regret his decision.