The Lone Rangers haven't played particularly well in the regular season this season, with a big-score loss against the Hawks, and then although they won both games, they didn't win much, and they faced weaker teams. For them, although Doncic's form is slowly returning, it is still very difficult for the team to achieve satisfactory results this season!
In fact, fans really don't worry about Doncic's state, after all, his personal ability is there, and fans are more worried about the play of Porzingis, the other core of the team. So far this season, Porzingis has averaged just 12.7 points, 6 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game, shooting just 30 percent from the field and only 24 percent from three-point range.
This season, Porzingis shot 4 of 13, 7 of 20 and 2 of 10 from three games, and only 4 of 17 from three-point range, which is really very fatal for his shooting interior line! You must know that last season Porzingis averaged 47.6% of the field shooting rate, three-point shooting rate of 37.6%, the outside line can still give the team a very big support, this season's shooting rate has been a cliff-like decline!
Although the team's record may be quite good, but once they face strong teams, the problem of the thickness of their lineup will be obviously exposed, and the only people who have averaged double-digit points in three games this season are Doncic, Hardaway, Porzingis and Bronson, which is completely insufficient for the team that has always wanted to achieve good results. Once in the playoffs, their roster is really not enough to watch!
So they need to continue to make adjustments in the lineup, find some more reliable helpers for Doncic, and if Porzingis really can't trade it out, then find a more suitable tactic and lineup for him to play, maximize the advantage of the existing lineup, so that there is a chance to compete with some strong teams!