Doncic Irving, is the first backcourt double gun in the active game?

On March 3, Beijing time, when the "Eastern European combination" played the strongest offensive performance since the combination, they combined to blast 82 points and 18 assists, setting a series of records and achieving the second victory in the combination. Simply attacking Eastern Europe is naturally the strongest backcourt double gun, but leading the team 2-4 is also a stubborn problem. According to the voting of Tencent News netizens, more than 40% of netizens think that they are the strongest backcourt double guns in the NBA today, but about 40% of netizens also think that they do not need to be observed, and the remaining 10% of netizens think that it is the first three backcourt double guns, so a total of more than half of netizens still do not recognize that the Eastern European combination is currently the first backcourt double gun in the active service.

In a crazy head-to-head battle, the Lone Rangers narrowly defeated the 76ers 133-126, and they had both a wave of run-overwhelming opponents in the third quarter and leading by as many as 25 points in the game, and the embarrassment of being chased by opposing role players to lead by only four points at the beginning of the final quarter. Even the Eastern European duo led the team to extend their double-digit lead again, only to be chased down to a five-point lead at the last minute, and finally won by only 7 points, proving that it was not easy for them to win.

Throughout the game, facing the 76ers' Harden and Embiid "Dendi combination", even if the opponent bombarded 27 points, 13 assists and 35 points and 8 rebounds, the combined 62 points were quite good, but the Lone Ranger's way to win was to play a more violent offense. In this game, Doncic scored 42 points and 12 assists on 13-of-22 shooting, Irving scored 40 points and 6 assists on 15-of-22 shooting, and the Eastern European combination scored a total of 82 points, which was 20 points more than the 76ers' duo, becoming the guarantee of the final win, but only won 7 points, which was not completely satisfactory.

It is based on this factor that in the question vote given by Tencent News, netizens agreed with the question "Is the Eastern European combination the first NBA backcourt double gun today", and the vote given by more than 40%. It's just that in the case that the Eastern European combination has just teamed up to play super data and led the team to win, most netizens are undoubtedly easily driven by such data and performance to vote for them, but the number of votes is not overwhelming.

In addition, there are close to 40% of netizens, who are holding a wait-and-see attitude, they think that it is not the first backcourt double gun, and they still need to look at it again. As for more than 10% of netizens, they recognize the strength of the Eastern European combination and think that they can be the top three backcourt combinations today, in other words, more than half of the netizens currently do not agree that the Eastern European combination is the first backcourt double gun.

The reason why the Eastern European combination still did not completely conquer netizens even if it played an unsolvable super performance stemmed from the following 4 factors:

1. Eastern Europe has a 40+ outbreak, but the current sample is still too small

When the Lone Rangers get Irving in a big trade and only secure Irving's access for half a season, it is still unknown whether the two sides will renew his contract in the offseason. In this case, the performance of the Eastern European combination has attracted much attention, they have only won 1 of their previous 5 games, and the figures of both sides have declined compared to before the combination, which is undoubtedly that they still have not passed the pain of the run-in period.

Now facing a head-to-head battle with the 76ers, Doncic had 42 points and 12 assists, and Irving had 40 points and 6 assists, and their performance was shocking enough to win and refuse to join the empty slash. It's just that Doncic and Irving have beautiful personal data, and they have also created a number of records, such as the first pair in team history to cut 40+ combinations, the fifth pair in nearly 30 years without overtime and 40+ combinations, and the third pair to cut 40+ combinations this season, but after all, they are currently only playing such explosive data, and the two have only combined for 6 games, which is undoubtedly too small and has limited reference value.

2. The Eastern European combined record is only 2 wins and 4 losses, and the leading results are not ideal

In the face of an East-West conversation with the 76ers, although the Lone Rangers eventually won, the Lone Rangers and 76ers are not currently recognized as top championship teams, compared to the Bucks, Celtics and Nuggets are currently more consistent performance, there is no doubt that they still have a gap, compared to their championship goal There is still too much "work" to be done.

Doncic and Irving have played a total of 6 regular season games together, with a combined record of only 2-4, which is worse than their respective individual team results. Before Doncic returned from injury, Irving led the team to perform well in the first few games, and Doncic's leading record before Irving's arrival was also good, and the effect of "1+1<2" was naturally quite embarrassing.

3. The Lone Ranger temporarily returned to No. 6 in the West, but the ranking was not solid

If the Eastern European combination fails to achieve the desired results, it will have a great impact on their reputation, and naturally it will make them unable to be called the strongest backcourt two-gun combination in the current game. After beating the 76ers, the Lone Ranger's record has improved to 33-31 and has been confirmed to return to sixth place in the West, but the situation in the Western Conference is extremely complicated, and the Lone Ranger still has the possibility of being squeezed out of the top six again.

4. Compared with the league's backcourt two-gun combination, the Eastern European combination data is superior, but the record is not dominant

Lone ranger Doncic + Irving: 33.4 points, 8.7 rebounds, 8.1 assists + 27 points, 5.1 rebounds and 5.5 assists, 33-31, 6th in the West

Grizzlies Morant + Bane: Averaged 27.1 points, 6 rebounds, 8.2 assists + 21.4 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.1 assists, 38-23 and 2nd in the West

Suns Booker + Paul: Averaged 26.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, 5.7 assists + 13.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 9 assists, 34-29, 4th in the West

Warriors Curry + Tang Shen: Averaged 29.4 points, 6.3 rebounds, 6.4 assists + 22.1 points, 4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game, 32-30 and 5th in the West

Cavaliers Mitchell + Garland: Averaged 27.5 points, 4 rebounds, 4.8 assists + 22 points, 2.7 rebounds and 7.9 assists, 39-26, 4th in the East

Hawks Trae Young + Murray: 27.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, 10.1 assists + 20.8 points, 5.5 rebounds and 6.1 assists, 31-31, 9th in the East

Bulls DeRozan + LaVine: Averaged 25 points, 4.6 rebounds and 5.1 assists, 24.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.9 assists, 29-34 and 11th in the East

The above are the 7 pairs of backcourt two-gun combinations that are more famous and outstanding in the league this season, and by comparing such a backcourt two-gun combination in the league, it is not difficult to see that the Eastern European combination is the most outstanding in terms of data, and they are naturally a theoretical backcourt two-gun combination based on data alone. It's just that the Eastern European combination has a limited number of games after all, and if they continue to play together, their numbers may decline.

More importantly, while taking into account personal data, it is also necessary to lead the team to achieve enough excellent results, and the Eastern European combination led the Lone Ranger back to 6th place in the West. It's just that compared to Morant and Bane leading the Grizzlies to rank 2nd in the West, Booker and Paul leading the Suns ranked 4th in the West, and Mitchell and Garland leading the Cavaliers ranked 4th in the East, there is no doubt that the Eastern European combination is still not too ideal in terms of record.

Doncic and Irving's combined test has just begun, and they still need to accelerate the run-in process for the rest of the regular season, especially to go far enough in the playoffs to establish the position of the strongest backcourt combination in the game.

(Text/Drunken Lying Float)