These Mavericks are serious stuff. If in the past they had an excellent end to the season thanks to how they moved towards the end of the transfer window, in the present they have supported that project to the point of being the big favorites to dominate the Western Conference. along with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Yes, <a href="https://www.archysport.com/2022/01/nba-dallas-mavericks-winning-streak-ends-abruptly/" title="NBA: Dallas Mavericks winning streak ends abruptly”>Luka Doncic finally has the team to do everything and last night it was clear in the visit to Minnesota, where the Texas team won 114-120.
Even though Timberwolves were the ones who started best, the Mavericks once again demonstrated that they have multiple assets to tilt any game in their favor. They have talent, they have physicality, they have depth and, if one day someone fails, there is another player willing to take the field. Whose turn was it last night? To Kyrie Irving.
He guardia He is experiencing a second youth in Dallas and showed it against the Wolves with 34 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. He was his team’s leading scorer and relieved the pressure on Luka Doncic, 24 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, and on Klay Thompson who was a little subdued to stay at seven points. But Jason Kidd’s men have more, as PJ Washington scored 17 points.
While on the Dallas side everything is resources, the Timberwolves They seem somehow right. Anthony Edwards is a machine, but ends up exhausted by the need to lead every attack. He would finish with 37 points and Julius Randle would accompany him with a solid performance of 20 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, insufficient given the poor contribution of the rest of the starting five.
Doncic’s dagger
Luka Doncic is a more than differential player. Since he arrived in the NBA he has that touch of madness of great genes that leads him to not be afraid under any circumstances, and even less if it comes to closing a game. It happened again against Minnesota. If in the last playoffs he had already hit the Wolves with everything, last night he hit them with a triple from the logo in the final minutes to finish disarming them. «I heard many things they said from the stands. He really liked me… You know, last year was fun. It was a great moment in my career and in my life, so it was fun to come back,” he says.
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