The Mavericks beat the Jazz to move up to sixth in the West: Doncic 34+9+8 Irving 16 points
On March 22, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Mavericks played at home against the Jazz, of which the Jazz was the second game in a back-to-back. Doncic led the Mavericks to expand their 19-point advantage in the second half of the third quarter, the Jazz fought back to chase the score, and the Mavericks reopened the score in the final quarter, and finally the Mavericks defeated the Jazz 113-97 to win three consecutive victories, beating the Kings and the Suns to rise to sixth in the West, and the Jazz suffered four consecutive defeats. The Mavericks dunked 17 times in total, setting a team record.
#24助攻: 34 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, Irving 16 points, Gafford 24 points, 4 rebounds on the team.
Jazz: Markkanen scored 21 points, Sexton scored 20 points, and all five players on the team scored in double figures.
The first two meetings of the season have resulted in one win for each side. In the first meeting, the Mavericks beat the Jazz 147-97 at home by 50 points, Doncic scored 40 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists and Irving scored 26 points, leading the Mavericks to score six double-doubles. In the second meeting, the Mavericks lost by 37 points 90-127 away, Doncic only scored 19 points, 6 rebounds and 14 assists on 6-of-20 shooting, Irving had 14 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, and Clarkson had 20 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists and Fontecchio had 24 points. The two sides met for the third time this season, with the Jazz missing Clarkson and Collins, Markkanen returning, and the Mavericks missing Green. At the beginning of the first quarter, the Mavericks fell behind by 7 points 1-8, becoming the biggest gap between the Mavericks in the whole game, Doncic led the team to quickly counterattack and bite the score, and the two sides continued to tug of war in the first quarter, and the Mavericks trailed the Jazz by 1 point 26-27 at the end of the first quarter, and Doncic scored 12 points in 5 of 7.
Entering the second quarter of the game, Doncic led the team to a wave of 9-0 offensive to lead by 8 points, and the Jazz launched a counterattack, and the Mavericks were chased to 42-39 and only led by 3 points. Doncic continued to score back-to-back points, with the Mavericks outscoring by 12 points at 27-15 in the second quarter, and the Mavericks led the Jazz by 11 points at 53-42 at the end of the first half. In the first two quarters, the Jazz were less than 5 of 42 from the field, including 1 of 15 from three-point range, Kessler scored 10 points on 5-of-5 shooting and Sexton scored 10 points. The Mavericks were less than 5 of 42-of-42 from the field, including 7-of-19 from three-point range, Doncic had 21 points, four rebounds and five assists on 8-of-13 shooting, and Irving had just five points on 2-of-9 shooting.
After halftime, the offensive firepower of the two sides escalated in the third quarter and launched an attack, and the Mavericks once led the team to a 57-42 lead by 15 points. The Mavericks then continued to stretch a 75-56 lead over a 19-point lead, and the Jazz continued to mount a counterattack to close the gap. The two teams tied the game at 30-30 in the third quarter, and at the end of the first three quarters, the Mavericks continued to maintain an 11-point double-digit lead over the Jazz at 83-72.
In the final quarter of the game, Doncic continued to combine offense and pass to lead the team to open the score, and the Mavericks extended their 19-point lead at 100-81 in the middle of the fourth quarter. The Mavericks continued to control the situation to block the opponent's counterattack to win the game, Doncic pulled up a layup at the last moment to expand the 15+ advantage to win the game, and finally the Mavericks defeated the Jazz to win 3 consecutive victories.
Jazz: Hendricks, Markkanen, Kessler, George, Dunn
Mavericks: Doncic, Irving, Gafford Ford, Washington, Jones
(Text/Drunken Sleeping)