Luka Doncic He is hands down one of the top five players in the NBA today. He’s only been in the best league in the world for four seasons, but he already dominates her at will and has made his name appear year after year in all pools for being the MVP of the regular season. His numbers, his magic and his impossible baskets have made him one of the favorites of the public and a reference of a league of which, however, has yet to decipher in many of his records. Especially the referee.
I would like us to play five against five a little more. They won’t whistle anything else. The referees tend not to stop the games to change a decision “
Doncic has already played 240 games in the best league in the world. Plenty of time to have learned that refereeing codes are very different from what he was used to in European basketball. An error in which you can fall in your first steps in the league, but Doncic should have learned by now to keep from falling into it. The ex Real Madrid gets too lost in barren protests that only lead him to avoidable techniques and to dilute himself in the middle of the game, falling into wars that he will never win as happened against the Pelicans in another game marked by the constant protests of the Slovenian. Something that it also happened to him at the olympic games in which it became common to see him vehemently dialoguing with the collegiate.
That attitude is the only mole left by a Luka Doncic who is still on the warpath against the referees in an attitude that hurts both him and his team, as his coach reminded him. Jason Kidd behind the loss to the Pelicans: “I would like us to play five against five a little more. They are not going to whistle anything else. The referees tend not to stop games to change a decision. You have to understand that in games, at specific moments such as lost balls , there is an opportunity to speak to the referees, but when the game is in progress we lose a cash in defense. If we are pushing in the middle of the game to be whistled more, we put ourselves in a delicate situation. There are things that have to be more important“A wake-up call that should not fall on deaf ears if Doncic wants to take the definitive step in his evolution.
Luka Doncic on the ground during the game against the Pelicans
A team with a coach of the prestige of Rick Carlisle and with players like Malcolm Brogdon, Domantas Sabonis o Myles Turner he should be fighting, at the very least, to be among the top eight in the Eastern Conference. However, at this stage of the season the Pacers have barely added nine wins, they are before the last of the East and, the most worrying thing, is that they still cannot find a pattern of play that will make them raise their price in the bets.
NIGHT RESULTS
- Pacers 104-113 Heat
- Wizards 101-116 Cavaliers
- Hawks 96-98 76ers
- Nets 110-105 Timberwolves
- Rockets 118-116 Magic
- Mavericks 91-107 Pelicans
- Jazz 137-130 Celtics
- Warriors 118-96 Suns
- Lakers 115-119 Clippers
Kevin Durant is still determined to enter the race for the MVP of the season that for now seemed reserved exclusively for Stephen Curry and Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Nets forward again proved that he is a weapon of mass destruction in attack and withstood the onslaught of the Timberwolves to end up dominating them with 30 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, but above all with a basket with 11 seconds to go that cut off any attempt by the Wolves to react.
It seems that Stephen Silas, whose position seemed in jeopardy just seven days ago, has hit the key to make these Houston Rockets work and be able to compete in every game. The technician has changed the board and placed Christian Wood de ‘5’, which has earned the team five consecutive victories. The best streak in the NBA today.
Joel Embiid has had a bad time in recent weeks because of the positive for COVID. However, once he has returned to the NBA courts, the African powerhouse has left any sequel behind and has once again demonstrated that he is one of the most dominant players in the league as he did against the Hawks with 28 points and 12 rebounds. But above all with a basket from medium distance, giving the victory to the team from the City of Brotherly Love in a place as complicated as Atlanta.
The Utah Jazz do not want to lose the trail of Golden State Warriors y los Phoenix Suns in the fight for number 1 of the Western Conference, although for this they require performances to remember such as the one in Mike Conley against the Boston Celtics. The veteran point guard was infallible from beyond the arc and ended the match with seven 3s scored in seven attempts. Life insurance.
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