The duo of Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, with whom the Dallas Mavericks tried to ‘jump the line’ of NBA contenders last season and look to fight for everything, have been the talk of the town.
Together they can handle almost anything and they took down (115-108) the best team in the West in the NBA, the Minnesota Timberwolves.
They took turns to command the attacks. Understood in the good sense of the term and not as a game based on ‘ISOs’ that do little to help a team improve in the game.
Doncic e Irving, en un esfuerzo defensivo ante los Jazz.
Only six pairs of players in history had reached a game with at least 30 points, five rebounds, five assists and three three-pointers. Irving had 35 points, eight rebounds and six three-pointers. Doncic supported with 34 points, eight assists and three more three-pointers from long range.
The Mavs have a dream pairing
It’s not their first outrage, as they came, for example, from ‘massacring’ the Portland Trail Blazers in just three quarters, with Doncic with 41 points and Irving with 29.
A clear leap in quality with the return of the point guard after Dwight Powell’s fall on his foot that almost caused an upset in the team. He struggled to warm up in his return against Utah (14 points), but since then he has had three games with over 24 points and scoring over 50%.
The question mark is over the pair’s ceiling: who can handle them? “Defending them? 98 percent of the NBA finds it impossible. They’re not going to be able to defend the two of them… and the other 2 percent is me,” said, with grace and precision, one of their teammates who also gets a lot of minutes, Derrick Jones Jr.
The Mavs have changed with them. “The confidence is total. Not just down the stretch. They can make plays for themselves and for the whole team,” said Jason Kidd, coach of the Texans. He’s got a pair that flies.
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