Los Dallas Mavericks with Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving landed in the 2023-24 NBA season like a giant unknown. Their first games, last year, together were anything but positive, and there were logical doubts about their coexistence and ability to add victories with two stars so similar (in ball hoarding, shooting and prominence), but different in personality and leadership. But they are just that: stars. And as such They give a good showing in a sensational start to the season, because with six wins and only one loss – against the Denver Nuggets, current champion – they seem to adapt and work. Only time will tell.
Kyrie Irving goes on the counter.
At the moment, the Mavs win continuously. They knocked down the Orlando Magic in Florida (102-117), an important test against one of the attacks with the best potential in the competition. It was decided in the final minutes, when Doncic and Irving took over. With 97-99 for Dallas in the last five minutes, they shared the decision of the game. Irving took a magical 2+1 and Doncic found him, with a great assist, to hit from the triple. To this the Slovenian added another blow from outside that won the match.
“Their chemistry is perfect,” Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said unabashedly. Doncic had 29 points, 6 assists and 3 rebounds, while Irving contributed with 21 points, 10 assists and 7 rebounds. A complete performance in which the Slovenian continues to command and the point guard has two games in a row with 10 assists. Last year he only played two games in the entire season with records like that.
Their chemistry is perfect
Jason Kidd
Irving, surrounded by rivals.
The Mavs, as it is, have a 6-1 record. Supported, to a large extent, by magnificent management of the final minutes. The ‘clutch’ statistic says it. Although it is a ‘flawed’ term and in many cases somewhat unfair, measures how players perform in the last quarter and overtime when with less than five minutes the other team is at least five points away. The Mavericks are wild there.
In the NBA rankings six of their players occupy the top seven positions. Doncic is the best con 30 arriba, Irving tiene 25, Grant Williams 23, Tim Hardaway Jr. 19, Dereck Lively 18 y Josh Green 16. The first who does not play in Dallas is Derrick White, point guard for the Boston Celtics, with 14 points in his favor.
2023-11-07 06:57:15
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