At 9:30 a.m. Beijing time on February 15, the NBA regular season matchup is in full swing, and the Dallas Mavericks are sitting at home to face the San Toonio Spurs. Before this game, the Mavericks ranked 7th in the West with a record of 31 wins and 23 losses, and they have won a wave of 5 consecutive wins, Doncic and Irving are in stable condition, and they have a much better understanding than last season, and Doncic is averaging 34 per game this season3 points 88 rebounds and 96 assists, with Embiid basically out of the regular season, Doncic has almost locked up the scoring title, and he can also lead the Mavericks to further breakthroughs. Before the trade deadline, the Mavericks also strengthened the roster, bringing in the Wizards' Gafford and the Hornets' PJ Washington, both of whom can play well after joining the new team.
Among them, Gafford averaged 17 per game in the first two gamesWith 5 points and 13 rebounds, Washington is also averaging 115 points, the effect can be described as immediate, and the management of the Mavericks still has a hand. On the other side, the Spurs, before this game, with a record of 11 wins and 43 losses, ranked first in the West, the Spurs this season is also focused on cultivating young players, there is no pursuit of the record, the champion Wembanyama's rookie season performance is really amazing, in the last game he hit 27 points, 14 rebounds and 10 blocks of super alternative triple-double. This season, Wembanyama also became the first player in NBA history to hit 75 three-pointers at the same time and have 150 assists and 150 blocks in a single season, in just 48 games.
In this game, the two sides are in the starting lineup, and the Spurs are sending Wembanyama, Vassell, Sochan, Jones and Champagnie. On the Mavericks' side, Doncic, Irving, PJ Washington, Gafford and Josh Green. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the Spurs jumped the ball to win, Wembanyama chased a three-point shot at the top of the arc and hit the first goal of the game, Sochan cut the basket and flew to the basket to make a steady hand, Green ate cakes in the penalty area and hit a strong shot for the Mavericks, Vassell broke through the high arc and threw a hollow shot, Wembanyama dominated the basket and scored again and again, Doncic scored a goal independently on the free throw line, Champagnie's empty three-point shot was also hollow, and Sochan's fixed-point three-point shot also pierced the heart, but the Spurs took the initiative in the first quarter of the game, At one point, he took a 15-point lead.
By the end of the quarter, the Mavericks relied on the combination of Doncic and Lively to narrow the gap to within 10 points, and the first quarter ended with the Spurs leading the Mavericks by seven points at 32-25. At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Irving turned over and made a jumper in the middle distance to help the Mavericks take the next step, Wembanyama made a foul under the basket, stood on the free throw line and made two free throws, Hardaway also hit an easy small throw in the paint area, Hardy Dragonfly scored a basket, Irving European step long drive straight into the defense, soaring layup easily scored, Lively Eating Cake in the restricted area and dunking with both hands shocked. The Spurs' offensive frenzy in the first quarter of the game was just a flash in the pan, and they were dumb in the second quarter, the Mavericks seized the opportunity, Irving began to break out super, and in the second quarter of the game, Irving blossomed more, darts must be hit, and he shot 8 of 10 in a single quarter and shot 17 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.
The Mavericks directly overtook the score with a small climax, and at the end of the half, the Mavericks led the Spurs by 5 points at 56-51, and in the first half, Wembanyama had 20 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Doncic had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, and Irving had 17 points and 6 rebounds. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Yibian fought again, Irving hit a mid-range turnover jumper, opening the third quarter of the game, Vassell lowered his center of gravity, hit the basket and wiped the board, and also colored, Gafford pressed the basket to explode and dunk, Irving continued to exert his power, dreamed of returning to the peak, the difficult jump shot was not missing, PJ Washington's big open three-point shot also pierced the heart of the basket, Doncic also began to exert his strength, and the mid-range hit repeatedly, the Spurs completely collapsed in the third quarter, scoring only 14 points in a single quarter, The difference between the two teams instantly reached more than 20 points.
At the end of the third quarter, the Mavericks led the Spurs by 23 points, 88-65. In the final quarter, Irving scored consecutive points to lead the team to play a wave of 10-0 to beat the rest of the game into garbage time, and the difference was once close to 30 points, and the suspense of the game was completely lost, and finally the game ended at full-time, and the Mavericks defeated the Spurs 116-93.
In terms of statistics, on the Spurs' side, Victor Wembanyama had 26 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists; Jeremy Sochan 10 points; Devin Vassell 11 points and 6 assists; Marc Branham 10 points. On the Mavericks' side, Luka Doncic blasted 27 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists for a quasi-triple-double; Kyrie Irving dreamed of returning to the top, scoring 34 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists on 15-of-22 shooting; Daniel Gafford 10 points and 10 rebounds; Derrick Lively: 8 points and 5 rebounds; Josh Green 8 points.