On February 29, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and today ushered in a key battle, after the Mavericks were killed by the Cavaliers yesterday, the Mavericks ushered in back-to-back today, and the Mavericks challenged the Raptors away. At the same time, today ushered in Doncic's 25th birthday, and on his birthday night, the Mavericks scored a triple-double of 30 points, 16 rebounds and 11 assists to lead the team to a 136-125 victory!
Doncic, who is 25 years old today, made 11 of 23 shots, 1 of 8 three-pointers, 7 of 9 free throws, got a triple-double of 30 points, 11 rebounds and 16 assists, and had 2 steals and 5 turnovers, with a plus/minus of +11 in the whole game, which was the primary contributor to the team's victory.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter of the game, the Mavericks scored one point first through free throws, Barnes scored two points inside, Irving scored on a jumper, the Raptors scored two more points inside, Irving missed three points, there are still 13 points left, the Mavericks interfered with the ball, Hardaway missed the shot, Barnes missed the empty three-point, Irving broke through two points and scored, the Raptors scored two points, Irving received the ball and scored three points, Irving stealed, chased three points and missed, the Raptors did not have three points, Irving continued to shoot three-pointers, or missed, Barnes scored 2+1, Irving hit an inside toss and the Mavericks went into a timeout with a 116-102 lead of 14 points. After the timeout, the Raptors scored two points first, Irving made a passing error, Barnes missed the back shot, Irving hit a jumper, Quickley also had two points, Jones scored two points inside, Quickley scored two more points, Irving made a pull-up jumper, the Raptors missed the offense, Barnes attacked and caused a foul, and Kidd chose to challenge the foul. The challenge was successful, the game came back, the Raptors sent a sideline ball, the Raptors attacked a foul, the Mavericks missed the offense, the Raptors didn't either, Quickley fouled, the Mavericks sent a sideline ball, a turnover, Barrett scored inside, Irving broke through a two-point shot, Quickley hit a three-point shot, the Mavericks missed, the Raptors missed, Doncic shot and caused a foul, a free throw hit, Barrett hit a three-point shot, there were eleven points left, three points missed, Doncic got the rebound and scored, Doncic's triple-double data was achieved, and the Raptors offense caused a foul. Irving missed the shot, the Mavericks got the rebound, but unfortunately the turnover, and the Raptors offense caused a foul. With the game going into the final two minutes, the Mavericks still led by 12 points. Two free throws and one hit, Doncic broke through and didn't score, the Raptors made another foul, missed one free throw, missed two free throws, the Raptors stealed, scored two points, and Washington made a three-point shot, which basically ended up. In the end, the Mavericks won the game 136-125.
Mavericks: Doncic, Irving, Washington, Lively II, Green.
Raptors: Quickley, Barrett, Barnes, Poeltl, Gary Trent Jr.
Mavericks: Doncic 30 points, 11 rebounds, 16 assists, 2 steals and 5 turnovers, Irving 29 points and 3 assists, Washington 23 points and 7 rebounds, Lively 9 points and 4 rebounds, Green 5 points and 7 rebounds, Hardaway 16 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Gafford 13 points and 7 rebounds.
Raptors: Quickley 28 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists, Barrett 26 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, Barnes 19 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists, Poeltl 16 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, Gary Jr. 11 points and 4 rebounds, Olynyk 13 points.