The Dalasians beat the Sacramento Kings team with a score of 112: 96 (34:39, 28:17, 32:20, 18:20).
Porziņģis played 32 minutes and 44 seconds on Friday, taking six of the eight two-point shots, two of the four long shots and six of the seven “penalties”. Liepāja has exceeded the limit of 20 points in four matches in a row and in seven of the last nine fights in which he participated.
He also fought nine rebounds, gave six assists, blocked two shots, broke twice and made two mistakes. “Mavericks” threw 27 points more than the player with the Latvian, which was the best indicator in the unit.
Jane Branson scored 23 points and eight assists. Eight Mavericks players are currently subject to the Covid-19 protocol, including Luka Dončič and the recently short-term Aizija Thomas.
Tireys Haliberton stood out in the Kings team with 17 points and ten assists.
A couple of days ago, the Mavericks suffered a last-second loss in a battle between the two teams, with the Kings’ victory coming from Chimsey’s long shot. On Friday, after 39 points in the first quarter, the visitors improved their defenses in the next rounds. Kings were also disturbed by 12 inaccurate shots in a row and seven and a half unsuccessful minutes in the third quarter.
In the third quarter, Branson’s throw-in made the decisive break 24: 2, during which Dwight Powell emerged with four consecutive strokes of the ball from above. Two of them were after alley-oop passes from Branson and Reggio Balok.
The Mavericks ranked seventh in the Western Conference with 17 wins in 35 games, with the Kings in 15th place with 15 wins in 37 battles.
The next game the Mavericks will play on Sunday against Oklahoma City’s Thunder, who defeated them in four of their last five duels.
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