At 11:00 a.m. Beijing time on December 26, the NBA regular season matchup is in full swing, and the Phoenix Suns are sitting at home to face the Dallas Mavericks. Before this game, the Suns ranked 11th in the West with a record of 14 wins and 14 losses, and they were only 3-8 in the past 11 games, and they were not in good shape. Speaking about the team's recent struggles, Gordon, one of the team's key players, said: "We've got a lot of good players, but it's a little different now because we didn't anticipate it. So it's definitely different from what I expected at the beginning. ”
We started the season on a seven-game winning streak and have recently lost eight of our 11 games. So, it's tough for our type of team. We need to figure out what different sacrifices to make in order to win the next game. "On the other side of the Mavericks, before this game, with a record of 17 wins and 12 losses, ranked 6th in the West, last season's Mavericks, or a team that can't enter the playoffs, now they are super rising, this season has been in the forefront of the West, the lineup, the Mavericks have more high-quality role players such as Lively, Gwee, Jones, Curry Jr. than last season, among which Lively is particularly critical, as a rookie can directly make up for the Mavericks' internal shortcomings. In addition, Doncic is in hot form this season, averaging 329 points.
In this game, the two sides are in the starting lineup, the Mavericks sent Doncic, Hardaway Jr., Exum, Jones Jr. and Lively, and the Suns sent Booker, Gordon, Allen, Durant and Eubanks. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the Mavericks jumped to win and took the lead in getting the ball, Lively took off and dunked and scored the first goal of the game, Jones cut the basket and hit it easily, Lively Dragonfly made up for the basket again, Durant's quick jump shot outside the three-point line also opened for the Suns, Doncic broke through the toss and scored a goal easily, Eubanks hit the cake wipe in the restricted area, Gordon tore the defense, a dragon rushed to the basket and scored two points, Hardaway hit a foul at a 45-degree angle of three points, stood on the free throw line and made three free throws, Doncic chased the three-point shot and suddenly hit a cold arrow。
Entering the quarter, the Mavericks took the initiative and took a lead of more than 10 points, Exum also had a one-arm split, and Booker's Durant on the Suns' side had not yet entered the state, and at the end of the first quarter, the Mavericks led the Suns by 12 points 36-24. At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Hardaway's 45-degree angle three-shot shot was into the center of the net to help the Mavericks take the next city, Metu shot through the heart outside the three-point line in the bottom corner and responded, Powell also had a small throw inside, Metu and Hardaway could shoot each other's three-pointers, Goodwin flew inside to cause damage, two free throws on the free throw line, Doncic threw a high arc into the net, and the Mavericks continued to take the initiative and took a lead of up to 15 points in the quarter. Durant and Booker stepped up their offensive aggression and continuously attacked the opponent's restricted area defense to ease the decline a little.
At halftime, the Mavericks led the Suns by 10 points at 64-54, and in the first half, Doncic had 24 points and 8 assists, Booker had 11 points, and Durant had 9 points. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Yibian fought again, Durant received the ball and scored in the middle distance, opening the third quarter of the game, Jones moved three points at a 45-degree angle** into the center of the net, Doncic tore open the defense, Euro broke through the layup and dropped two points, Gordon hit another three-pointer from the distance, Allen chased the three-pointer as well, Gordon burst into combination with consecutive scores, and the sun finally blew ** Horn, as Allen's unreasonable three-point shot soared again, the difference was once chased to only 2 points, but Doncic was an unreasonable one who scored 5 points in a row and colored, the Suns chased after him, and Allen also exploded.
At the end of the third quarter, the Suns outscored the Mavericks by one point 92-91. In the final quarter, Doncic continued to be super-god, Lively also dominated the basket and no one could stop him, the Suns were gone, Durant and Booker were indeed in poor shape, Allen Savior failed, and in the end, the Mavericks defeated the Suns 128-114, giving the Suns three consecutive defeats. It is worth mentioning that Doncic hit 8 three-pointers in this game, setting a record for the Christmas War, and at the same time, his career total points also opened the 10,000 mark in this game.
In terms of statistics, on the Mavericks' side, Doncic blasted 50 points, 6 rebounds and 14 assists, Hardaway had 18 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, Jones had 23 points and 3 rebounds, and Lively had 20 points, 10 rebounds and 8 of 9 shots. On the Suns' side, Durant had 16 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 6 turnovers, Booker had 20 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists, Allen had 32 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Gordon had 14 points, and Metu had 23 points and 19 reboundsHundreds of spectators