The NBA regular season continues. The trade deadline deal has also been gradually completed and officially announced, many players have ushered in their debuts in the new team, and the game against the Mavericks' Thunder has ended, and the trend and final score of this game can be said to be unexpected. Upset! The second place in the West crashed and lost by 30 points, and Eastern Europe had 57 points, 14 rebounds and 17 assists, and the trade was a big success.
Thunder starters Dort, Williams, Holmgren, Giddey, Alexander East, Mavericks starters Josh Green, Derrick Jones, Kleber, Irving, Doncic.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Kleber hit a three-point shot from beyond the three-point line, and Alexander hit two free throws. Doncic hit a three-point shot, and at the beginning of the game, the Mavericks hit consecutive shots from outside the three-point line to hit a wave of 12-2 offensive mini-climax, leading by double digits in just over two minutes. Giddey hit a three-pointer to stop the bleeding for the team, Kreber hit two free throws, Irving broke through for a layup, and the Mavericks continued their fiery offensive touch, scoring 47 points in the first quarter on consecutive shots, and their lead went for 20 points after the first quarter.
At the start of the second quarter, Jalen Williams scored a layup, Aaron Wiggins hit a three-point shot to chase the team's points, Washington hit one of two free throws, Hardaway scored three points again, and the Mavericks still consolidated their lead, and the scores of the two sides alternated between the two sides. Dort hit a three-pointer and Holmgren scored a basket to close the gap to 12 points after the Thunder hit a wave of 7-0. After a timeout, Williams scored another three-pointer, and Holmgren dunked a 15-0 run to return to single digits. Doncic hit one of two free throws and Josh Green made a steal and countered, and the Mavericks seized the opportunity to extend their lead again, and they still held a nine-point lead after halftime.
In the third quarter, the Thunder continued to play at a similar offensive pace on the offensive end as in the first half, but the Mavericks found the offensive touch of the first quarter. Doncic had 10 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists on 3-of-5 shooting, Irving had 9 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, and other players also played well, with Washington scoring 5 points off the bench and Gafford contributing 11 points and 5 rebounds in the third quarter. The Mavericks scored 39 points again in the third quarter to extend their lead. The game seems to have become out of suspense.
The Mavericks continued to play well on the offensive end at the end of the quarter, and with Irving's score, they went on a 24-2 offensive surge to extend their advantage to 35 points. The game then went into garbage time, and the Mavericks were upset by the Mavericks at home and won by 35 points.
In addition to the combination of the core Doncic and Irving who contributed 57 points, 14 rebounds and 17 assists, the rest of the team also had an excellent performance, their overall shooting rate was close to sixty percent, Kleber, Hardaway and other players all got the last double-double data, and the new PJ Washington and Gafford who were traded played the performance that the team wanted to see. Gafford even got close to two business data and became the team's interior helper, and I have to say that the Mavericks' trade debut was too successful. In the end, the Mavericks, who blossomed more than the whole team, defeated the Thunder under the leadership of the Eastern European combination.
The Thunder's performance outside the three-point line is not too bad, and there is still a 36% shooting rate after the whole game, but their overall shooting rate is only 39% less than 40%, so the performance is not ideal, the team's highest scoring is Alexander, who only has 25 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, such a performance is obviously unrealistic to beat the all-round and flowering Mavericks.
Mavericks stats: Doncic 32 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists, Irving 25 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, Kleber 12 points and 12 rebounds, Hardaway 10 points, J Washington 14 points and 5 rebounds, Gafford 19 points and 9 rebounds, Hardy 11 points.
Thunder stats: Alexander 25 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Williams 9 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists, Holmgren 13 points and 12 rebounds, Giddey 11 points, Wallace 15 points. A new season of sports