The Dallas Mavericks, who represented the porter, acknowledged the superiority of the Cleveland Cavaliers at 96:114 (23:30, 18:22, 24:35, 31:27). The Latvian left the field at the end of the third quarter when he injured his ankle. Until then, Porziņģis scored four of the eight two-point shots and one of the two free throws in less than 27 minutes, but missed all four long shots for the basket. At the expense of Liepāja, five rebounds under the baskets, four blocked throws, one assists and a negative +/- score of -10 were also won.
The top scorer for the Mavericks with 25 points was Luka Dončič, who also won ten balls under the baskets and gave ten assists in the second “triple double” of the season. Meanwhile, the Cavaliers scored 28 points and 14 rebounds on Jaret Allen’s account, while Lauri Markanen scored 24 points.
In another match on Monday, Davis Bertan missed all four shots for the basket, but his Washington Wizards gave up the San Antonio Spurs with 99: 116 (20:20, 31:25, 27:39, 21:32).
Bertāns played 11 minutes and one second against his former team, did not hit three long shots and one two-point throw in the basket, won one ball under the baskets and finished the match with a +/- score of -1.
Bradley Bale was the top scorer for the US capital team with 18 points and Kentavius Coldwell-Poups for 17. Bertan’s former team has 24 points in Derika White’s account and 22 points and ten balls under the baskets at the expense of Dezonte Murray.
The Wizards are fifth in the Eastern Conference with 13 wins in 21 games, while the Mavericks are in fourth place in the Western Conference with ten successes in 19 battles.
Both teams represented by Latvians will play the next game on Wednesday. The Mavericks will meet New Orleans Pelicans and the Wizards will host the Timberwolves of Minnesota.
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