These Mavericks are serious stuff. If before they had a very good end of the season thanks to how they moved towards the end of the transfer window, at the moment they support this project to the point of being the big favorite to dominate the Western Conference. with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Yes, Luka Doncic finally has a team to do everything and last night it was clear in the visit of Minnesota, where the Texas team won 114-120.
Although the Timberwolves had the better start, the Mavericks once again showed that they have plenty of assets to tip any game in their favor. They have talent, they have physicality, they have depth and, if one day someone fails, there will be another player ready to take the field. Whose turn was it last night? For Kyrie Irving.
she guard He experienced the second youth in Dallas and showed it against the Wolves with 34 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. He is the leading scorer of his team and relieved the pressure on Luka Doncic, 24 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, and on Klay Thompson who lost a bit to stay with seven points. But Jason Kidd’s people were more, as PJ Washington scored 17 points.
While on the side of Dallas all the resources, the Timberwolves They seem to be right. Anthony Edwards was a machine, but ended up getting tired of having to lead every attack. He will finish with 37 points and Julius Randle will join him in a solid performance of 20 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, not enough due to the poor contribution of the rest of the starting five.
Doncic’s dagger
Luka Doncic is more than a differential player. Since his arrival in the NBA, he has the madness of many genes that lead him to be fearless in any situation, and even when it comes to closing a game. It happened again against Minnesota. If in the last playoffs he hit the Wolves all over, last night he hit them with a triple from the logo in the final minutes to finish disarming them. “I heard a lot of things that 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’s fun to come back,” he said. .