In the battle of Tianwang Mountain, Doncic is not so alone, and my hero has already advanced? Injuries are no excuse
There are two biggest differences between Zhan and Dong now:
1. At that time, Zhan (16 years) had a stable scoring method, and he could use a breakthrough to score points steadily when the game was scorched (I remember that the breakthrough shooting rate in the playoffs that year was at least 7 percent)
2. Defense, Zhan's defense at that time was also not negligible, and Luka's defense was a bit difficult to explain
But now that Luka is injured, it feels like 70 percent is usual, and his dribbling rhythm has been disturbed by injuries, and the change of pace is important for Luka. At the same time, the Thunder is still too young, and the team's chemistry doesn't feel too smart. All in all, the two teams are weakened from perfect condition, and the overall situation is okay, and the games after this series will be more exciting.
Watching the game, I feel that Doncic, you are so good to pass the ball, what is so iron, Irving can't get the ball at all, and as a result, Irving took the ball and hit a few of them. The role players of the Mavericks played really well, scoring all kinds of points, and almost leading the whole court to suppress the Thunder, but I didn't expect Alexander to wait for the accuracy of his teammates from beginning to end (especially Chet and Dort), and he overtook him. The free-throw performance of both teams was also the deciding factor.
And Irving doesn't seem to want the ball very much, it's too strange, Doncic is obviously not in good health, and in theory he should let Irving play more. But Irving himself often doesn't take the initiative to catch the ball, rarely breaks through singles, and shoots less, I hope Irving can take the initiative to support himself, I feel that Doncic is not like a ball bully, and he should give the ball, right?
It can be seen that Irving puts too much energy into organization and defense, which makes it easy to get cold hands when he doesn't hold the ball for a long time (as the brothers who play know it). There is also the fact that the Thunder took a full-court double attack on Irving, basically from beginning to end, which also led to Irving being able to play the ball first most of the time, and then the ball could not come back, while the Mavericks were only single-defense SGA in these games, so the game was blown up by SGA.
Coupled with Doncic's cold touch and slow pace, there are plenty of ball-handling errors. If the tactics of these games are still played later, the Mavericks are indeed likely to be taken