So The Mavericks, the team of Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, know how to defend. Throughout the season, the Texan team’s ability at the back has been questioned due to the presence of its two stars, whose defensive skills are not exactly the best. But When it comes down to it, it is behind where they are marking differences with respect to the Clippers. They went ahead in the series (2-1) after winning 101-90 in the first game in Dallas. Based on defense, toughness and intensity in a tough game.
Tension in the Mavericks-Clippers: fights, techniques and expulsions
Doncicwho caused a scare in the first quarter when he left the court limping and clutching his right knee, He led the Mavericks with 22 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists, although his shooting record could be improved (7/25 with 3/14 in triples). The point guard, as in the second game in Los Angeles, was used at the back. In the second quarter, After James Harden scored four triples in three minutes, he asked to defend him. He had scored 14 points in the first half, but didn’t do it again until the final minute of the third quarter.
“We all see that When we’re on the defensive end, we have a different look in our eyes. You have to be aggressive,” said rookie Dereck Lively III. The Mavericks forced 19 turnovers on their rival, placed seven blocks and at halftime they already had 10 kills. Statistics that demonstrate its intensity.
Kyrie Irving scored 19 of his 21 points in the final 13 minutes, including eight in the last 1:18 of the third quarter. It was decisive for the Mavericks to take advantage again after seeing their 18-point lead reduced to six points. With the help of the point guard, The locals shot up again until they reached 70-91, which would be final with eight minutes left..
Clippers stars missing
Almost all the stars failed the Clippers. Only Harden, Norman Powell (21 points each) and Ivica Zubac (19+8) were correct. Between Paul George, Russell Westbrook and Kawhi Leonard they made 16 points on 7/25 shooting, committed nine fouls and had seven turnovers.. The third of them did not look good in his second game after returning from an inflammation in the knee. “She did not respond as we wanted after the first game. Time will tell. We are doing all the right things”downplayed the forward.
Westbrook had a miserable night in which he did not make any of his seven shots, scored only one point and was ejected on a tense night, with five technicals, one flagrant foul and two expulsions. Midway through the fourth quarter, Westbrook pushed Doncic after fouling him. PJ Washington attended the rifi-rafe. He and the Clippers point guard would end up expelled. One had committed a flagrant foul on Josh Green and the other had been given a previous technical for another altercation with Terance Mann. Both to the locker room.
“We have to channel our aggressiveness in other ways. “It’s getting spicy and I like it, but we have to make sure that they don’t call us techniques, that they don’t expel us because we are all important,” he said. Tyronn Luecoach of the Clippers. “We are all competing for every inch to find a way to win”he valued Jason Kiddcoach of the Mavericks who have descended into the mud to dominate the tie.
2024-04-27 05:21:26
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