Kristaps Porziņģis and Luka Dončičs Photo: Dallas “Mavericks”
Latvian Kristaps Porziņģis continues his excellent performance in the National Basketball Association (NBA) after returning to the field from injury, who scored 29 points tonight in the match against the Denver Nuggets, helping his Dallas Mavericks win 111: 101 and celebrate their fifth victory in the last six. games.
Porziņģis spent 33 minutes and nine seconds on the pitch tonight, scoring 29 points (1p. 2/2, 2p. 6/12, 3p. 5/8). The Latvian played the second most successful game of the season and was very close to scoring 30 points in the second match in a row. This time Kristaps collected 11 rebounds and collected the third “double-double” of the season.
Liepaja also made three assists, intercepted two balls and blocked one opponent’s throw. There are also two mistakes and two earned remarks in Porziņģ’s bill. The Latvian basketball player, despite his very successful performance, finished the game with a split worst +/- score in the team.
The first quarter was spent in a very similar fight. The match was better started by the Nuggets, who took the lead with 5: 0 and were in a small lead for most of the first quarter, but thanks to the performance of Porziņģis and Dončičs, the Mavericks were able to take the lead and win the first turn of the game with 35:32. Both Porziņģis and Dončičs each scored ten points in the first quarter.
Continuing in the first half, Porziņģis continued to play well and added another seven points to his bill, but in the second quarter, the Dallas attack began to slip. The Mavericks scored only five of the 22 shots and scored only 14 points in 12 minutes, half of which were scored by Porziņģis. The Nuggets took advantage of the home team’s problems with the accuracy of the shots and took the lead with a nine-point lead – 58:49. The Latvian scored 17 points in the first half.
Although Denver’s twice in the second half dropped to +13, the Mavericks were largely able to make up for the deficit in the third quarter and were only four points ahead of the last 12 minutes, 79:83. Kristaps added another 12 points to the 17 points scored in the first half in the third quarter.
In the last quarter, Porziņģis was left without points, but despite this, Dallas made a 19: 5 breakthrough in the lead and achieved a ten-point lead (98:88). Although the guests were able to break the difference to five points after a short while (97: 102), the Mavericks defeated the victory and eventually celebrated a very convincing success with 111: 101. Dallas won their second victory in a row, celebrating their fifth success in the last six matches, and ended a series of five victories.
Porziņģis was the most productive winner with 29 points. Meanwhile, Dončič added 23 points, as well as collected eight balls under the baskets and returned 11 assists. Unfortunately, at the end of the match, the Slovenian injured his ankle. Tim Hardard, on the other hand, scored 19 points and scored seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, Nikola Jokich was convincingly the best in Denver, scoring 35 points, 16 rebounds and six assists. Meanwhile, Monte Morris “swept” 17 points and eight assists.
With nine wins in 13 matches and four losses, Dallas is currently in third place in the Western Conference. The Nuggets, with nine successes in 14 games and five failures, are one position down.
The next match will be played by the Mavericks in two days (November 18), when they will meet the Vice President of the Western Conference and the finalists of the previous season, Phoenix Dog, at the start of a series of four away games at 5:00.
