At 9:30 a.m. Beijing time on January 10, the NBA regular season matchup is in full swing, and the Dallas Mavericks are sitting at home to face the Memphis Grizzlies. Before this game, the Mavericks ranked 6th in the West with a record of 22 wins and 15 losses, compared to the Mavericks who couldn't get into the playoffs last season, they have improved a lot this season, and the roster structure is more reasonable than last year. Since December, Doncic has averaged 36 per game4 points 84 rebounds 107 assists, plus quasi-triple-double. Talking about the team's recent improvements, Doncic said in an interview: "The first thing is that we stay healthy. In the last 10 or 15 games, we've been more connected defensively and played better. ”
The best offense is defense. When we defend well and grab rebounds, we can run fast. I think we're one of the best teams in the NBA to do that. The Mavericks are likely to continue to make reinforcements in order to raise the ceiling, and according to the team record, they have made inquiries about Siakam and Jerami Grant. On the other side, the Grizzlies, with a 13-23 record before this game, are in the bottom three of the West. This season, the Grizzlies have written off two major players, Morant and Adams, and basically missed the playoffs, but despite this, Bane cheered himself up: "It doesn't matter what the lineup, it's true. We're standing with Morant right now, he's been through a lot. But the season has to go on and we have to keep trying. ”
In this game, the two sides are in the starting lineup, the Grizzlies are sending Bane, Smart, Kennard, Williams, Biyombo, and the Mavericks are sending Doncic, Irving, Jones, Green and Powell. Lively is out due to injury. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the Mavericks jumped the ball and won the ball, taking the lead in getting the ball, Powell came up with a strong dunk and scored the first goal of the game, Doncic dribbled, and the three points were suddenly ** One arrow pierced the heart, after Bane blocked and dismantled, Euro stepped to the basket and picked down two points, Irving's mid-range shot was entering the center of the net, Irving's pendulum changed to a backward dry pull-out jumper and continued to hit, Powell won the offensive rebound on the inside, and made a strong rebound, Irving felt hot, and scored another goal with the iconic mid-range shot, and in the first half of the first quarter of the game, the Mavericks maintained a slight lead.
However, entering the second half of the first quarter, the situation on the court changed dramatically, Kennard made a big empty three-point ** arrow through the heart, Bane accelerated twice, and the flying layup also scored a goal, the Mavericks began to lose power and the dumb fire continued until the end of the quarter, and the score was also overtaken, and the first quarter of the game ended, and the Grizzlies led the Mavericks by 7 points 29-22. At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Smart made a small two-point throw in the paint area to help the Grizzlies take the lead, Hardaway cut inside and scored a layup steadily, Hillman stepped on the snow without a trace to pick up the offensive rebound, and there was also a strong rebound, Hardy turned over at the free throw line to respond to a jumper, Irving broke through lightning, fought against the layup to make a kill, stood on the free throw line and made two free throws, Hardy raised his three-point shot at a 45-degree angle and pierced Yang in 100 steps, Kennard was not to be outdone, and immediately chased the three points on the wing and returned to color.
I didn't expect the Grizzlies without Morant to suddenly be so fierce, they continued to suppress the Mavericks, and at halftime, the Grizzlies led the Mavericks by 15 points at 68-53. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Yibian fought again, Irving braked sharply and hit a mid-range jumper into the center of the net, opening the third quarter of the game, Smart drove straight in, and the restricted area made a difficult twisted waist layup to make it 2+1, Doncic shook off the opponent in European steps, easily scored two points, and Irving scored three points in the front** Although Doncic and Irving's two cores are two-pronged and full of firepower, the Mavericks do not have Lively, the interior defense is too weak, and the Grizzlies seize the opponent's weakness and continue to play in the restricted area. At the same time, the Mavericks have no other scoring points other than the two Eastern European duo.
At the end of the third quarter, the Grizzlies led the Mavericks by 20 points, 103-83. In the final quarter, the Mavericks did not give up, Doncic and Irving were still on the court to turn the tide and catch up, but the Grizzlies did not give a chance at all and firmly grasped the lead of 20 points. In the end, the Grizzlies defeated the Mavericks 120-103 and 17 points.
In terms of statistics, on the Grizzlies' side, Bane had 32 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, Smart had 23 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, Kennard had 14 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Tillman had 14 points and 11 rebounds, Roddy had 11 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, and Williams had 14 points. On the Mavericks' side, Irving dreamed of returning to the top and did his best, scoring 33 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, Doncic scoring 31 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, and the Eastern European combination scoring 64 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists. Hardy had 10 points, one rebound and one assist, Jones had 11 points and four rebounds, and Hardaway had nine points and three rebounds. Hundreds of spectators