The Mavericks challenge the Heat
In the final stages of the season, the Dallas Mavericks became the league's top winners. The combination of Doncic and Irving began to make people aware of the dangers. In fact, the cooperation between the two should have had such a chemistry, after all, James and Irving were championship tickets back then, and Doncic's style of play was similar to James, and the two were indeed a match made in heaven. It's just that the supporting role of the Mavericks is not outstanding, and it was not until this season that the team strengthened Gafford and Washington and Exum to really show their strength.
In this game, the Mavericks will face the Miami Heat, the Eastern Conference champion last season, and now they are in eighth place in the East. Seeing the ranking of the Heat, some people may underestimate them, but last season's Heat reached the Finals with the eighth record in the East and almost created the Black Eight miracle.
The Eastern European combination exploded
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the Mavericks were on fire, Irving got 10 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist on 4-of-7 shooting, Doncic scored 13 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist on 5-of-7 shooting, and the team scored 33 points in a single quarter, while the Heat only scored 24 points, including Herro 6 points and 2 rebounds, Martin 5 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and Butler only had 3 points, 3 assists and 2 steals. After returning from the game in the second quarter, the Mavericks' offense continued, Irving scored 11 points, 1 rebound and 2 steals on 4-of-4 shooting, Doncic had 6 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists, and Gafford scored 10 points and 3 rebounds on 5-of-5 shooting, and the team scored 36 points in a single quarter.
Martin had seven points, one rebound and three assists, and Butler had only five points and two rebounds, and the team scored only 24 points in a single quarter, and at halftime, the Mavericks led the Heat by 22 points at 69-47. In the second half, the Mavericks felt down, Doncic had 6 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, Irving didn't score a point, and the team only scored 19 points in a single quarter. The Heat seized the opportunity, Adebayo scored 6 points, Herro scored 5 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists, and Lefu shot 4 of 10 points and 6 rebounds, the team scored 27 points in a single quarter, successfully narrowing the gap to 14 points, and the suspense of the game returned.
In the final quarter of the game, the Heat did not give up, Herro got 6 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, and Love also hit a three-pointer, but the Mavericks did not give any chance, Doncic and Irving teamed up to score 8 points to help the team stretch the difference to 15 points, and then the two teams replaced the main team. In the end, the Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat by 111-92 by 19 points.
12-1 is too explosive
With this win, the Mavericks have won five in a row, winning 12 of their last 13 games, and are arguably the hottest team in the league today. And, the first group of playoff matchups was released, and the Mavericks officially declared war on the Clippers. Doncic got 29 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists, Irving also had 25 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, and the two cores combined to score 54 points, 12 rebounds and 13 assists. Gafford shot 6-of-6 from the field with 12 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, while Washington and Jones scored 12 points each, and the starting five Tigers all scored double-doubles.
The Miami Heat, the champion of the East, seems to have lost the dark horse characteristics of last season, only 4 people on the team scored double-doubles, the star Butler, only 12 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists on 5-of-8 shooting, Herro got a team-high 21 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, but only 6 of 15 shots, Martin 14 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, and the veteran Lefu on the bench had a double-double of 16 points and 11 rebounds. Adebayo, the team's other core, had only 8 points and 3 rebounds on 3-of-13 shooting, and was completely sleepwalking.