On February 23, Beijing time, the Mavericks defeated the Suns 123-113 at home to win seven in a row. In the first quarter, the Suns led by 1 point, the Suns opened up to 3 points at halftime, and in the third quarter, the Mavericks overtook the game 36-28, and in the final quarter, Durant hit Doncic three points in a row to open up the difference and lock up the win.
Beal continued to miss this game, that is, the super dual-core matchup of Durant + Booker vs Doncic + Irving, Durant scored 12 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal in 5 of 11 in the entire first half; Booker finished with 16 points, three rebounds and three assists on 5-of-8 shooting in the half, and the two men combined for 28 points in the half.
Doncic scored 21 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists on 8-of-14 shooting from three-point range in the first half, 2-of-4 from three-point range; Irving was 7 of 10 in the first half, scored 17 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, and the two scored a total of 39 points, it is obvious that Doncic and Irving are better than KD + Booker, but the Suns' Allen and Gordon both scored double-doubles, so the Suns took the lead in the first half.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Mavericks played a wave of 18-5 offensive to open up the difference, Booker scored 6 points in a row and began to chase points, Booker scored 13 points and 3 assists in this quarter, but Durant only scored 3 points in 1 of 5 in a single quarter. Doncic had 9 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in a single quarter, and Irving had 8 points and 1 rebound in a single quarter, or Irving + Doncic was better.
In the last quarter, Durant finally scored one on the outside, Doncic immediately responded with a foul, Booker made a shot, Irving broke through the response, and the Mavericks had opened up to 12 points in the last 3 minutes, and Doncic had a three-point difference of 15 points again 1:07 seconds before the end, and the game had lost suspense.
Durant played 42 minutes in the game, 9 of 23+ 2 of 8 three-pointers, 23 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 5 turnovers; Booker finished 41 minutes, 13-of-21 from the field, 2-of-6 from three-point range, with 35 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds; The two combined for 58 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists.
Doncic finished 38 minutes, 14-of-27 from the field, 6-of-11 from three-point range, and finished with 41 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds. Irving finished with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists on 11-of-18 shooting and 5-of-8 three-pointers in 36 minutes, and the two combined for 70 points, 14 assists and 14 rebounds.
Wen Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream.