On May 5, Beijing time, the Dallas Mavericks lost 109-129 to the Phoenix Suns and swallowed a second consecutive semi-final defeat. The loss of the Lone Ranger in this game was somewhat embarrassing, the third quarter was only 6 points behind, but did not expect the final quarter to collapse directly, Paul 6 of 7 led to a wave of 27-12 directly smashed the Lone Ranger, Booker three three-pointers after the game directly into the garbage time.
In this game, Luka Doncic scored 24 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds in the first half, and only 11 points, 1 assist and 1 rebound in the second half of the efficiency decline, 36 minutes in the whole game, 13 of 22, 5 of 10 three-pointers, 35 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds and 1 steal, shooting 59% from the field and 50% from three-point range.
G1 Middle East Cic is 15 of 30, 4 of 11 three points, 4 of 45 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists, shooting 50%, three-point shooting rate of 36.4%, two games a total of 80 points, 17 rebounds and 15 assists, such data has swallowed two consecutive losses, I have to say that Doncic personally is also very uncomfortable.
Doncic talked about the dispute with the Suns fans in the players' tunnel after the game, and also talked about the key to the team's loss - the problem of defense, saying that he should work harder to defend.
Doncic set a number of records after these two games: 1. After scoring 35 points, he averaged 33.5 points per game in the playoffs to surpass Jordan's all-time first;
2. Before the age of 24, he scored 12 times 30+ and ranked fourth in history, behind James, Kobe Bryant and Durant;
3. He averaged 19+5+5 in the first half of the playoffs this season.
4. He is the youngest Mr. 30+ in the history of the Lone Rangers at 12 times.
Doncic's shooting percentage is still close to 60 percent, and he's not on the same level as the rest of the league's young stars.
Lone Ranger coach Kidd said after the game: "We have to involve others to help Doncic, we can't count on him for everything." The Suns were successful in restricting Doncic in the second half, and the Mavericks needed to get more players involved in the offense to help Doncic decompress. (It's clear that Kidd is too upset with Doncic.)
Doncic's career record against Paul is 1 win and 9 losses, which is a bit embarrassing, Doncic really can't break this spell for one person, basketball is a five-person sport. Paul's side of Booker, Ayton, Crowder and Bridges can all have relatively stable output.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream