Mavericks upset and lost to Jazz by 27 points: Irving returned to Eastern Europe for 33 points, and Clarkson had a triple-double for the first time in 15 years
On January 2, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Mavericks played away against the Jazz, and Irving returned after 12 consecutive injuries. Doncic and Irving combined again to lead the team, but the Mavericks continued to be suppressed by the Jazz and trailed by 14 points in the third quarter, and the final quarter collapsed directly and opened a 35+ gap. The Mavericks played an extremely dismal performance, and in the end, the Mavericks lost to the Jazz 90-127, and were overtaken by the Pelicans and fell to seventh in the West. Doncic had 19 points, 14 assists and 6 rebounds on 6-of-20 shooting, Irving had 14 points and 9 rebounds on 6-of-14 shooting, the Jazz scored double-doubles to win, and Clarkson had 20 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, becoming the first player in Jazz history to score a triple-double in the last 15 years since Boozer in 2008.
In the first meeting this season, the Mavericks beat the Jazz by 50 points 147-97 at home, and Doncic blasted 40+10+11+6 three-point big triple-double data in the game, and Irving also scored 26 points, leading the Mavericks to score 6 double-doubles, and the Mavericks bombarded 22 three-pointers, and the Jazz was Agbaji 21 points to lead 4 people to score double-doubles.
The two sides met for the second time of the season, and Irving, one of the Mavericks' duo, finally ushered in a comeback game after missing 12 consecutive games. It's just that in the first half of the first quarter, the two sides clung to the score, and the Mavericks led the Jazz 17-16 in a wave, but then they were suppressed by the Jazz's offensive inside and out. In the first quarter, the Mavericks only hit 1 of 9 three-pointers, while the Jazz had hit 5 three-pointers, and the Mavericks lost 4 three-pointers in the first quarter and scored as many as 12 points. At the end of the first quarter, the Mavericks were 26-37 and had trailed the Jazz by 11 points, and the Mavericks were not performing well, Doncic scored 5 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists on 2-of-4, and Irving scored 2 points and 2 assists on 1-of-4.
The Mavericks fought back in the second quarter to chase points, and Doncic led the team to a 4-point win in the first quarter of 29-25, becoming the only quarter in which the Mavericks won points in the fourth quarter of the game. However, at the end of the first half, the Mavericks still trailed the Jazz by 7 points at 55-62.
The Mavericks' defensive performance was extremely bad, they lost another 7 points 24-31 in a single quarter, and the Mavericks were 79-93 behind the Jazz by 14 points at the end of the third quarter. In the first three quarters, the Mavericks made 10-of-32 three-pointers and the Jazz made 11-of-36 three-pointers, and the outside performance of the two sides was basically equal. Doncic had 19 points, six rebounds and 13 assists on 6-of-18 shooting in the third quarter, Irving had 9 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists on 10-of-10 shooting, Hardy had 17 points on five three-pointers and Lively scored 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting. The Jazz have four players scoring 15+ points in the first three quarters to maintain the lead, Fontecchio has 20 points and Markkanen has 17 points, and the two have hit a total of 7 three-pointers, and Collins and Larkson both have 15 points.
What's even more tragic is that the Mavericks collapsed and collapsed directly in the last quarter, and they were completely crushed by the Jazz at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and the point difference was also widened to a 35+ gap. Clarkson was substituted after a triple-double, becoming the first Jazz player to achieve a triple-double in 15 years since Boozer in 2008, and the Mavericks also swallowed a rout that dropped them to seventh place in the West.
(Text/Drunken Sleeping)