The Lone Rangers' start to the season is actually quite good, with a record of 3 wins and 2 losses, ranking fourth in the West. Although the record is not bad, they always give people a sense of instability in the game, the last team can win by a big score, and the next game they can lose a big score. In the game against the Nuggets, they scored just 75 points in the game, only scored 31 points in the second half, and eventually lost as many as 31 points.
In this game, Doncic played too badly, he played 26 minutes, shooting 5 of 18 from the field, 1 of 4 from three-point range, and only had 16 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, with a plus-minus of just -32, the lowest on the team! In the beginning of the season, Doncic's shooting rate has not been particularly good, in addition to facing the Spurs 11 of 19, the other games have shot 6 of 17, 11 of 24, 10 of 25 and 5 of 18, and the three-point shot is only 35 of 9, the state is indeed very poor!
For the lone ranger team, they are indeed very dependent on Doncic in the game, as long as Doncic's state is not good, the shooting rate is low, then the whole team will play very hard, and the shooting rate of other players will become very low. And as long as Doncic is in good shape and drives the whole team up, then they are also more and more smooth, and anyone can shoot on the outside!
Although they are now in fourth place in the West, in fact, their ranking this season is still not stable, and fans are also very worried, after all, their ups and downs are still relatively large, if Doncic continues to slump for a while, then the team is likely to fall out of the top eight in the West! Coupled with the fact that Porzingis' state is really difficult to give Doncic too much help now, it is really difficult for them to win the game!
For Doncic, now he needs to stand up and help the team, he only needs to improve his offensive status and offensive efficiency, reduce some unnecessary mistakes, the whole team's attack will be revitalized, and the team's performance will naturally go up!