The Mavericks' 7-game winning streak ended the Rockets' 11-game winning streak! Doncic scored 47 points and Green scored 12 points, and the gap between the two was too big
On April 1, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and today the Rockets ushered in the challenge of the Mavericks at home, this Southwest derby is also attracting much attention, before this game, the Mavericks won 6 consecutive wins, and the Rockets are 11 consecutive wins, the Rockets are now one win away from the tenth place in the West, they must want to win, and the Mavericks also want to stabilize their top six rankings in the division, a vicious battle is inevitable, then let's talk about the game process, and then talk about the players' play.
Contest Recap:
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Jabari Smith and Amen combined to score 5 points to help the Rockets take the lead, Doncic scored 4 points in a row to respond, Jalen Green and Jabari Smith combined to cut 5 points, Gafford and Washington combined to cut 5 points in response, and then the game entered the rhythm of the Mavericks, Doncic scored 5 points in a row, Exum and Lively combined to cut 4 points, the Mavericks once extended their lead to 13 points, and then the Rockets failed to play a decent counterattack, and the Rockets fell behind by 12 points in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Jabari Smith and Jeff Green made free throws one after another, Gafford and Irving combined to score 4 points in response, Whitmore and Amen Thompson combined to score 5 points, Washington stopped bleeding with three points, Jalen Green broke through the kill, Washington and Doncic combined to cut 5 points in response, both sides played a good offense, but at the end of the quarter, the Rockets offense suddenly lost power, Irving and Doncic scored successively to lead the team to play an offensive climax, and the Mavericks extended their lead to 21 points at halftime.
Yibian replayed Jabari Smith and Van Jordan combined to cut 8 points to help the Rockets narrow the difference, Doncic and Irving combined to cut 5 points in response, Washington and Doncic combined to cut 5 points, the team extended the lead to 29 points, Van Jordan hit two three-pointers in a row to stop the bleeding, Doncic returned three points, but then the Rockets still did not give up, with the help of the White Devils and Holiday Jr., the Rockets chased the difference to 20 points in the third quarter.
Holiday Jr. hit a three-pointer in the final quarter to help the Rockets continue to narrow the gap, Irving and Hardaway Jr. hit three-pointers in response, Jabari Smith hit a three-pointer, Hardy responded with a three-pointer, and then the Rockets also failed to play a decent counterattack, and finally they also lost to the Mavericks 107-125, and the Mavericks won seven consecutive victories after the win.
Green is locked up
Jalen Green, who has played well in the past few games, was locked up by the opponent in this game, shooting 5 of 15 from the field, 0 of 5 from three-point range with 12 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal, Amen Thompson faced the opponent with a top rim gate, he also failed to play the output of the past few furious games, he got 8 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals on 3 of 8 shots, and Smith Jr. played well, with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists on 9-of-14 shooting.
The White Devils ushered in a comeback in this campaign, he was in good shape, 13 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist on 5-of-12 shooting, the impact of the White Devils is indeed great, but the offense does not consider the position of teammates Holding the ball is also a little speechless, so to play, he is indeed more suitable to play the sixth man, Van Jordan got 10 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists on 3 of 4 shots, and tried his best, but he couldn't bear it in the face of Doncic.
This game Rockets showed the gap between them and the top teams, they suffered in almost every position in terms of confrontation, which is understandable, after all, they are still young, many players have not yet reached their peak, but the resilience of the Rockets in this game is still commendable, in the third quarter once trailed by 30 points, the team still did not give up, they just chased down only 16 points, even if the Rockets could not make the play-offs this season, I believe they will succeed next season because they have a winning culture.
Doncic is on fire
Doncic shot 18 of 30 in this game, 9 of 16 three-pointers got 47 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists, and 9 three-pointers also created a single-game three-point shooting record in Doncic's career so far.
Irving played average in this game, 24 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists on 9-of-19 shooting, Washington continued his excellent play on both offensive and defensive ends in the past few games, he shot 4 of 8 from the field, 3 of 5 three-pointers got 12 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.
Gafford got 6 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks on 3-of-4 shooting, since Doncic and Gafford started together, the Mavericks have not tasted defeat, and his joining has also made the Mavericks' defense qualitatively changed, and now the strength of the Mavericks is not a record that can be explained, they only introduced Washington and Gafford after the trade deadline, making the team's lineup more reasonable.