A familiar script is playing out!
In the first round of the Western Conference playoffs against the Clippers, the Mavericks first lost one game and then won two games in a row.
The second round of Thunder is the same plot! Could it be that the result is ......
G2 doesn't boast about Doncic's hand recovery, G3 doesn't boast about Irving's 4-of-4 finish, let's talk about the Mavericks' defense!
The Mavericks' defense has been criticized in recent years, only pursuing offense, and the defense is indeed full of holes.
Doncic, in particular, doesn't even bend over defensively.
But after the trade deadline this season, the team got PJ Washington and Gafford , and the team's temperament changed, and the defensive shortcomings disappeared all of a sudden!
It was the role of defense that allowed the Mavericks to go all the way north in the second half of the season, and finally settled in fifth place in the West in the regular season.
In the playoffs, the Mavericks are more defensive than offensive, why?
Doncic and Irving are desperately defending, even though Doncic is fat and slow, and Irving is small and thin.
But we can see that Irving is desperately carrying a bigger opponent than him, and Doncic is pushing hard to chase down the opponent's shots.
If the leaders of the team show this defensive attitude, then the morale of the whole team must be high.
I feel more and more that the Mavericks have everything they need to win a championship, can Doncic and Irving win a championship together this season?