At 9:30 a.m. Beijing time on March 6, the NBA regular season matchup is in full swing, and the Dallas Mavericks are sitting at home to face the Indiana Pacers. Prior to this game, the Mavericks were in 8th place in the West with a 34-27 record. Recently, the Mavericks have been in average form, with only 1 win and 4 losses in the last 5 games, and Doncic has averaged 36 per game during this period6 points 98 rebounds 115 assists. The Mavericks have come a long way from last season (they finished 11th in the West in the regular season last season and missed out on the playoffs). The duo of Doncic and Irving is more tacit, sending Wood away to welcome Lively on the inside, and Lively is more suitable for the team as a blue-collar big center.
At the same time, before the trade deadline, the Mavericks also traded for PJ Washington and Gafford to help them replenish their immediate strength. Despite this, the Mavericks still have a big shortcoming, that is, their defensive ability is too poor, according to statistics, since the All-Star in 6 games, the Mavericks have to concede an average of 126 points per game, allowing opponents to shoot 52% of the game, including 45% three-point shooting, all three of which are the bottom two in the league in the same period. On the other side, the Pacers, before this game, ranked 8th in the East with a record of 34-28, and the Pacers, as one of the super dark horse teams in the East, are also an offense-oriented team, and their average points per game, assists and shooting percentage all rank first in the league.
In this game, the two sides are in the starting lineup, and the Mavericks sent Doncic, Irving, PJ Washington, Lively and Green. On the Pacers' side, Siakam, Haliburton, Turner, Nesmith and Nembhard were fielded. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Lively jumped to win, the Mavericks took the lead in getting the ball, Doncic broke through the throw and scored the first goal of the game, Nembhard counterattacked a dragon layup and scored two points, and also opened for the Pacers, Doncic's three-point arc ** also soared steadily, Haliburton slipped the bottom line and easily won the rebound, Turner's three-point shot at the top of the arc blossomed directly, Irving was not to be outdone, chasing the three points on the wing immediately responded with a goal, and Washington's empty three-pointer also won steadily, Topin cut the basket and flew to the basket to score two points.
The two teams were worthy of being offensive teams, and the first quarter of the game was full of firepower, and the situation remained deadlocked, Hardaway Jr. and McConnell could also score three-pointers from each other, and the first quarter ended with the Pacers leading the Mavericks by three points at 35-32. At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Smith blossomed with three points at a 45-degree angle to help the Pacers take the lead, Doncic's three-point shot at the top of the arc suddenly came to the color, Siakam's turnover mid-range dry pull scored steadily, Josh Green lowered his center of gravity, and the basket hit the basket and won steadily, and Matherine flew to make a tough layup to make it 2+1. Entering the middle of the second quarter, Doncic began to exert his strength, and the offensive end became more and more courageous, blossoming more, and scored 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting in a single quarter, despite this, the Mavericks still couldn't take advantage of anything, and the Pacers maintained a slight lead.
Turner scored four straight points on a high shot from inside the restricted area, and at halftime, the Pacers led the Mavericks by four points at 74-70. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Yibian fought again, Haliburton slipped on the bottom line and scored a rebound spiritually, opening the third quarter of the game, Irving European stepped to the basket to break through to create a foul, standing on the free throw line and making two free throws, Haliburton soared into a super long three-pointer, Nembhard flew to pick a basket and scored two points, Siakam played a strong game in the restricted area to make it 2+1, the Pacers became more and more courageous, and continued to maintain super high offensive efficiency. On the other hand, on the Mavericks' side, Doncic's hand felt slightly down, Irving was also in a mediocre state, and his aggression was average, and the Mavericks quickly fell into a passive situation, and were hit by the Pacers with a wave of small climaxes, establishing a lead of about 15 points.
At the end of the third quarter, the Pacers led the Mavericks by 18 points, 106-88. In the final quarter, the Pacers took the lead and expanded the difference to more than 20 points, but the Mavericks did not give up and still maintained the main force of the whole team, Irving's two consecutive three-pointers gave the team a glimmer of hope for a counterattack, but in the second half of the fourth quarter, the Pacers played steadily and steadily, not giving any chance, and the game was completely unsuspenseful, and in the end, the Mavericks lost to the Pacers 120-137 and suffered three consecutive defeats. It is worth mentioning that the Mavericks lost, and the Lakers reaped the benefits, with a difference of only 05 wins.
In terms of statistics, on the Pacers' side, Myles Turner had 20 points and 4 rebounds; Tyrese Haliburton 19 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists; Benedict Mathurin 19 points; Obi Toppin 14 points; Pascal Siakam had 13 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists. On the Mavericks' side, Luka Doncic had 39 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists; Kyrie Irving 23 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists; PJ-Washington 20 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists; Daniel Gafford 16 points and 10 rebounds; Josh Green 6 points. Hundreds of spectators