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Who has the worst cumulative +/- of the Mavericks since the start of the season, five games? It may be surprising but it’s Luka Doncic, with an overall +/- of -59! In detail, it gives -24 against the Hawks, +1 against the Raptors, +15 against the Rockets, -19 against the Spurs and therefore a last -32 against the Nuggets …

Overall, it’s all the Dallas major five that is the problem at the start of the campaign, with Dwight Powell at -45, Tim Hardaway Jr. at -41, Dorian Finney-Smith at -35, Kristaps Porzingis at -30 or Reggie Bullock at -29 while in contrast, the replacements have a largely positive impact, behind the +26 of Willie Cauley-Stein, the +20 of Jalen Brunson or the +19 of Frank Ntilikina.

Luka Doncic coughing, and all of Dallas is sick

Jason Kidd cannot hide that the difficulties of his five, especially early in the game, are worrying.

“It was still a slow start”, conceded the coach. “They were the best team tonight but this complicated start is a problem. We already talked about it. We hope that will change at some point. We can talk about it but we have to work, putting things in place, which we haven’t done for 48 minutes tonight. “

Behind these failed starts, there is of course the symptom of Luka Doncic, author of 16 points at 5/18 shooting in the Rockies, and only 4 assists. Little involved in defense, extremely clumsy in attack (9/35 at 3-point, or 26% success) since the start of the season and with a much lower pass / turnover ratio than in recent seasons (35 assists for 23 losses). ball), the Slovenian has a hard time getting back on the road and it is inevitably all of Dallas who cough, as his influence on the game of his team is enormous.

“It’s just the start of the season” he tries to reassure. “It was the same last year, even worse. I just have to continue to be confident in my shot. I had a very long summer but the shots will eventually come in. “

A diesel that must be quickly revived

Indeed, Luka Doncic had also started the 2020/21 campaign very slowly, with a 5/31 from afar (16% success) after five games and another 30/108 (28%) after 15 games, before the success don’t come back.

We know that the Slovenian is a diesel, who is not always in his optimal physical form at the start of the campaign and who finds it over the matches. Adding to that a very long summer with his national team, with the Olympic pre-qualifying tournament plus the Tokyo Olympics which brought him to the bronze medal match, we get a Luka Doncic who has the legs. heavy, especially back-to-back in Denver, where the altitude also weighs down.

“Yes, yes, in particular in back-to-back”, explains the former Real Madrid on the impact of the 1,600 meters above sea level at the Ball Arena on his performance. “It’s always in the first quarter that I feel it the most. Today I felt it. Even the referees told me about it ”.

But with Kristaps Porzingis already in the infirmary, Luka Doncic and the Mavericks must quickly find solutions for the Slovenian to regain impact because it could quickly complicate their season.

Luka DoncicPercentageRebounds
SeasonTeamMJMinTirs3ptsLFOffDefUntilPdFteIntBpCtPts
2018-19FROM723242.732.771.31.26.67.86.01.91.13.40.421.2
2019-20FROM613446.331.675.81.38.19.48.82.51.04.30.228.8
2020-21FROM663447.935.073.00.87.28.08.62.31.04.30.627.7
2021-22FROM33640.921.785.70.710.711.38.72.31.04.70.723.7
Total2023345.633.073.61.17.38.47.72.21.04.00.425.7

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