At 10:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 30, the NBA regular season matchup is in full swing, and the Dallas Mavericks are sitting at home to face the Orlando Magic. Before this game, the Mavericks ranked 8th in the West with a 25-21 record, and it can be seen that they are still some gaps from the top teams in the league. According to a set of data compiled by team reporter Grant Afseth, since Irving made his Mavericks debut on February 9 last year, the Mavericks have played a total of 73 games, while Irving and Doncic have only played 38 games, a total of 46 games this season, and the two have played 22 games together.
In the past five games, Doncic has averaged 40 per game2 points 118 rebounds 112 assists, while the Mavericks have a 1-4 record, and when it comes to Doncic, Mavericks coach Kidd also said: "When you look at what he (Doncic) has done in the last few days, you'll see that he's averaged triple-doubles per game, he's averaged so many points per game, and he's done everything we've asked him to do." We just need to find some helpers for him, to be able to help him consistently. We're asking him to do everything, and he's trying to do that. "On the other side, the Magic, before this game, ranked 7th in the East with a record of 24 wins and 22 losses, as the big dark horse in the Eastern Conference, the Magic once ranked in the top three in the East at the beginning of the season, but they have also been a little weak recently.
In this game, the two sides are in the starting lineup, and the Magic side is sending Banchero, Wagner, Suggs, Carter and Isaac. On the Mavericks' side, Doncic, Hardaway, Lively, Gwee and Josh Green, Irving continued to miss the game. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the Magic team jumped the ball to win, took the lead in getting the ball, launched the first attack, Isaac played high in the penalty area, scored the first goal of the game, Lively was not to be outdone, scored 4 points in the restricted area and opened for the Mavericks, Doncic slowed three steps to fight the layup and played a 2+1, Suggs 45 degree angle three-point ** one arrow through the heart, Banchero arc top big three-shot shot hollow shot, Hardy and Ingles shot each other three-pointers, Holmes changed direction to break through and shook off the opponent, flying layup to score two points.
In the first quarter of the game, Doncic had not yet entered the state, scoring only 7 points on 2-of-9 shooting, and the Mavericks were also in a passive situation, Magic Black had two three-pointers at the end of the quarter, and at the end of the first quarter, the Magic led the Mavericks by 9 points 35-26. At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, it was Blake's breakthrough small pick-up hollow hand to help the Magic team take the lead, Anthony made a foul with three shots, and hit all three free throws, Blake scored 5 points in a row inside and outside, Wagner started at the top of the arc, strode into the interior and picked down two points, Lively held high and hit the basket to fight against the strong to create damage, stood on the free throw line and made two free throws, Doncic felt warm, in the second quarter of the game, he shot all 3 shots, and he didn't lose a single free throw, but the overall offensive firepower of the Magic team still had to be better.
Carter and Suggs hit consecutive three-pointers, and Banchero hit a three-pointer at the buzzer, and the difference between the two teams once reached 16 points. At halftime, the Magic led the Mavericks by 16 points, 77-61. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Yibian fought again, Doncic made a two-point jumper from the free throw line, opening the third quarter of the game, Blake flew to the basket to make kills, stood on the free throw line and made two free throws, Lively had a height advantage, and repeatedly ate cakes in the restricted area, Gwee and Hardaway Jr. continued to score difficult three-pointers, the Magic completely lost power and dumb fire in the third quarter of the game, and the Mavericks blasted out a wave of super offensives, and actually overtook the score at the end of the quarter, in the third quarter of the game, the Mavericks played a wave of Magic 35-12, At the end of the third quarter, the Mavericks outscored the Magic by 7 points 96-89.
In the final quarter, the Magic finally recovered, gradually strengthened their defensive intensity, frequently used the bag to limit the score, and the two teams fought all the way to 119, and the game entered a white-hot stage. At the decisive moment, the Mavericks took a six-point lead in a row, but the Magic did not give up and scored six points in 18 seconds to close the gap to one point. At the critical moment, Wagner Jr.'s three-point shot missed, and the Mavericks reversed the magic 131-129 to win.
In terms of statistics, on the Magic side, Paolo Banchero had 36 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals; Anthony Black 20 points; Moritz Wagner 16 points; Franz Wagner 21 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists; Jalen Suggs 11 points and 3 steals; Wendell Carter Jr. 9 points and 8 rebounds; Cole Anthony had 11 points and nine assists. On the Mavericks' side, Luka Doncic had 45 points, 9 rebounds, 15 assists and 2 steals; Tim Hardaway Jr. 36 points and 8 rebounds; Drake Lively, II 20 points and 11 rebounds; Jaden Hardy had 20 points and seven assists. It is worth mentioning that after this game, Doncic became the second youngest player in the league to have 10,000+3,000+3,000, second only to James. Hundreds of spectators