the slovenian Luka Doncicwith 34 points and eleven rebounds, drove this Sunday some Dallas Mavericks who, with a tremendous fourth quarter, ending at 33-13, came back from a 21-point deficit and they prevailed by 107-101 to the Golden State Warriors at the Chase Center in San Francisco.
A game that for three quarters was completely under control for the Warriors, changed its story in the last quarter, when Doncic and a great Spencer Dinwiddie, who finished with 24 points and 10 of 14 shooting, built an epic comeback.
They embittered the afternoon Steph Currywho became the player with the most steals in Warriors history (1,360) and that he finished with 27 points.
The Mavericks placed fifth in the Western Conference (36-25) and handed the Warriors their third loss in the last four games.
The Californians are second in the West (43-18), behind the Phoenix Suns.
From the domain of Steph and the Warriors
Despite the losses of Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, Steve Kerr’s team marked territory and took an 18-point lead in the first quarter (30-12)by punishing both the Mavs’ inaccuracies from the three-point line and in the paint.
The Texans, who still cannot count on Tim Hardaway Jr, they lost six balls in just nine minutes and the Warriors punished them until they went into the break with a 60-48 advantage.
Doncic could not decide and came into the break with twelve points to his credit and a modest 3 of 10 shots, while, in the Warriors, Steph Curry added 13 points (6 of 10 shooting) and six assists.
Curry, who exactly a week ago was confirmed as All-Star MVP with a rain of triples, exhibited his talent with his usual three-point shots, a specialty of the housebut also with quick actions in the paint, layups and brilliant assists.
Doncic tried to change the dynamic in the third quarter, but his 13 points, on 5-for-9 shooting, they were contained by a Curry who continued at a high pace. He scored a great three-pointer at the buzzer that gave his team the maximum advantage (21 points at 73-52) and distributed three assists so that his team, in addition to withstanding the pressure from Dallas, increased its two-point margin.
Thus, the Warriors reached the fourth quarter with a fourteen point lead.
…To the vertical slump in the fourth quarter
But a game that seemed in total control of the Warriors changed radically in the last set, in which Steve Kerr’s men bogged down completely.
They missed eleven consecutive shots and the Mavericks, They endorsed a resounding partial 26-1 in eight minutespushed by a lethal duo made up of Doncic and Spencer Dinwiddie.
Dinwiddieincorporated last February 10 in an operation that brought Kristaps Porzingis to the Washington Wizards, reached the last quarter with fourteen points to his credit and was forceful in the final quarter, with ten points.
It was he who converted the triple that raised the partial to 26-1 and Doncic, with a comfortable layup, extended the Mavs’ lead to a plus six at 102-96.
Steph Curry, with another triple, brought the Warriors closer to minus threebut it was too late to prevent the Mavericks’ epic comeback.
