Take down "Mt. Tenno"! Doncic's third triple-double in the playoffs, the Mavericks are getting more and more like each other

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2024-05-16 13:42Posted on the official account of Beijing Beiqing Sports News

At noon on May 16, Beijing time, the Western Conference semifinals of the NBA playoffs ushered in a battle of "Tianwang Mountain". The Mavericks defeated the Thunder 104-92 on the road, taking a 3-2 lead in this series and getting the match point to advance to the Western Conference finals. Slovenian superstar Luka Doncic played an eye-catching game, scoring his third triple-double in the playoffs, scoring 31 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists to the team's victory. The Thunder are the top spot in the West in the regular season, and the Mavericks are only in 5th place, and this round of the series may eventually form the following results.

The two sides were tied 2-2 after the first four games of the series, and only when this score was played in the playoff series did Game 5 be called the "King Mountain" battle, with the winning team getting the match point to advance to the next round, and the losing team facing the desperate situation of the end of the season. Game 5 of the series between the Mavericks and the Thunder deserves the title of "King Mountain", and both teams have superstars who can dominate the game at key moments. The Mavericks are Doncic, and Irving is barely one. The young Thunder have Gilgeous Alexander, who finished second in the regular season MVP selection.

Although the Mavericks are fighting away from home, they have the initiative on the court from the beginning, and they have always maintained the lead in the score, from 2 points in the first quarter to 10 points at halftime, and then to 12 points at the end of the third quarter. Game 6 of the two-team series will move to Dallas, and the Mavericks will most likely end the series in one fell swoop.

Doncic played the role of superstar and the core of the team in this crucial match-point shootout, and compared to his stats with that of Thunder star Alexander, Doncic had a slight advantage. In 41 minutes of play, Doncic shot 12 of 22, including 5 of 11 three-pointers, which should be a very high long-range shooting percentage, scoring a total of 31 points. In addition, Doncic also dished out 11 assists and grabbed 10 rebounds, and posted his third triple-double in the playoffs. Alexander's stats are 30 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, which is slightly inferior to Doncic in every statistic. The rest of the players on both sides were similar, but the Mavericks had two players other than Doncic with a double-double, while the Thunder didn't have a double-double.

When Irving first joined the team last season, due to the run-in and the team's "sovereignty" issues, the Mavericks' record deteriorated in the second half of the regular season, and finally failed to even make the playoffs. This season, after the owner of Cuban made it clear that "this is Doncic's team", the team's playing style and state gradually stabilized, and at the end of the regular season, it made efforts to rise from the playoff round to the fifth place and directly qualified for the playoffs. Now, on the basis of breaking through the first-round series, they see the hope of reaching the Western Conference finals in the semifinals. In Game 6 of the two-team series, Doncic and his teammates will try to "not let the tiger go home", because once it comes to the tie-break, the advantage of the Youth Army Thunder should be even greater.

Text/Beiqing Sports Liu Ailin

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