Doncic beat the Raptors with a 30+ triple-double! Irving scored 30 points, combined for 54 points and 15 assists, and the Raptors made a lot of money 3 for 3
On February 29th, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and today the Raptors sat at home to usher in the challenge of the Mavericks, this battle is the Mavericks' back-to-back, yesterday they were killed by the Cavaliers, it is worth mentioning that today is Doncic's birthday, what kind of performance he will play is also worth looking forward to, and finally the Mavericks defeated the opponent under his leadership, and then we will briefly talk about the game process, and then talk about the players' play.
Contest Recap:
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Barrett and Trent hit three points to win the Raptors, Irving and PJ Washington combined to cut 5 points in response, Poeltl and Barnes combined to cut 4 points, Doncic and PJ Washington scored 6 points in a row in response, the two sides played very close in the first quarter, the Mavericks led by 2 points in the first quarter, and the Mavericks established a slight lead under the leadership of Doncic in the second quarter, but at the end of the quarter, under the leadership of Quickley, the Raptors overtook 1 point to end the first half, and he scored 10 points in a single quarter.
Yi Bian obviously wanted to harvest the game against Doncic again, he turned on his personal mode, scored 11 points and 6 assists in a single quarter, and under his leadership, the Mavericks scored 40 points in a single quarter, and the Mavericks established a 14-point lead in the third quarter. In the final quarter, Barnes and Barrett scored one after another to lead the team to play a counterattack, but Irving turned on the king mode of the final quarter in the fourth quarter, and he scored 15 points alone to lead the team to withstand the Raptors' offense, and finally the Mavericks defeated the opponent 136-125, and after the win, the Mavericks also stopped the 2-game losing streak.
Dual-core firepower
After chatting about the game process, let's talk about the players' play, this game Mavericks Doncic on the side of the Mavericks on his birthday night 23 shots 11, three-point 8 of 1 got 30 points, 11 rebounds, 16 assists and 2 steals, after scoring 30+ triple-doubles in this game, Doncic's 30+ triple-doubles have reached 39 times, he surpassed James to rank third in history, second only to Westbrook and Oscar Robertson in history.
The tacit understanding of the Eastern European combination is getting better and better, and it is estimated that this is what Mavericks fans want to see, this game Irving shot 11 of 20 from the field, 2 of 6 three-pointers got 29 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, the division of labor between the two is also very clear, Doncic took the first three quarters, Irving played the fourth quarter, everyone achieved their goals, so they all played very well, and now the Mavericks played a good superstar basketball, so they should not be underestimated in the playoffs.
With two top singles, this also gives the Mavericks the ability to impact good results, of course, other role players are also indispensable to support the team on the defensive end, when Washington and Gafford played together, the team once played the first in the league in defensive efficiency, I hope that Kidd can use Gafford and Washington more in the next games, and now Exum is also back, and the Mavericks' lineup is stronger.
In addition to the dual-core, PJ Washington shot 9 of 16 from the field, 5 of 10 from three-point range with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks, and Gafford got 13 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist on 6 of 7 shots in 24 minutes, Hardaway Jr. swept away the slump in the past two games, he got 16 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists on 5 of 13 shots in this game, although the Mavericks are still ranked eighth in the West, but they are only half a win away from the fifth Suns.
The Raptors 3-for-3 really earned
Although losing, but in the face of a team of the Mavericks' level, the Raptors can create pressure on the opponent is already very good, this is their first loss after the All-Star, before the team ushered in 3 consecutive wins, this game Barnes did not play well, 9 of 22 shots, 0 of 5 three-pointers, got 19 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 4 turnovers, although the performance was not good, but he was more active and won 5 frontcourt boards.
Quickley and Barrett played well on the Raptors' side, Quickley shot 10 of 18 from the field, 5 of 11 from three-point range with 28 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 steals, and Barrett shot 9 of 16 from the field and 4 of 6 from three-point range with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists. In addition to the two, Trent had 11 points and four rebounds, Poeltl had 16 points, seven rebounds and six assists, Olynyk had 13 points and two assists, and Dick had seven points and three rebounds.
From the current point of view, the Raptors took Anunoby, Flynn and Achiuwa in exchange for Barrett, Quickley and a second-round pick, this 3-for-3 deal, the Raptors definitely earned, they sent Anunoby a star-level player, in exchange for two players with star potential, which is very successful for their rebuild, since coming to the Raptors, Quickley has averaged 17 points, 4.3 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 0.8 steals per game.
Barrett is playing even better, averaging 20.3 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game. Speaking of which, what do you want to say about the current Raptors and Mavericks? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.