But that three he hit in the right corner in the fourth quarter was arguably the biggest shot of the year. The bigger lineup kept the Clippers on the perimeter where they were firing up three-pointers like they were going out of style. The Clippers wound up of from downtown, which are numbers the Mavs can live with as long as it keeps them out of the paint, where LA feasted in Games 3 and 4. I think everybody was great today. The Mavericks led most of the first half and took a lead at the half.
Then, they simply out-muscled and out-played the Clippers in winning the third quarter, , to take control of the game.
In the meantime, the Mavs obviously packed their defense with them for the trip to the West Coast as Dorian Finney-Smith had a career-high five steals, and Dwight Powell came off the bench to contribute eight points and seven rebounds and a whole lot of activity in just 22 minutes. Paul George finished with 23 points, and Reggie Jackson and Leonard each scored Now, the Mavs return home, hopefully with that same energy in Game 6, as they try to win a home game in this series.
As for why they dropped Games 3 and 4 at home, Porzingis said:. Every game is different, and hopefully we can have a better one coming up at home. The other lingering question is, will Carlisle roll out that same starting lineup — with Marjanovic at center — that was so successful in Game 5? The decision to start Boban was one that took a lot of time to analyze to see if we felt it was the right thing.
Nowitzki, in what was one of his better outings of his final season, scored 14 points off the bench in just 12 minutes. And Dennis Smith Jr. Even Porzingis, who was in street clothes and on the opposing team, was seen smiling and hugging Doncic at halftime, almost as if he knew something big was coming.
Sure enough, the next day, the news broke that the Mavs had made a major roster shakeup by trading Smith Jr. At the time, it looked like the Mavs had fleeced the Knicks, even with Porzingis' risky injury history and Hardaway Jr. So now, considering that. Three years removed from the Kristaps Porzingis trade, the Dallas Mavericks face the New York Knicks as winners of six of their last 10 games.
Follow DallasBasketball. By DallasBasketball. NBA rumors are starting to swirl as we approach the February 10 trade deadline. According to the latest one, the Dallas Mavericks are one of Ben Simmons preferred destinations. In last year's draft, the Knicks traded the No. Grimes has not yet done anything of significant in the league yet, so we'll call that one a wash for now. However, the Mavs still owe the Knicks their first round pick, so we'll have to see how that one pans out.
Through three seasons with the Mavs, Porzingis has played in games. Through his first three seasons with the Knicks, he played in games. To be fair, the last two seasons were shorter than usual due to COVID derailing everything, but that's still a game gap. And yes, KP will miss this game, too. Individually, Porzingis has had a season that warrants All-Star consideration, as he's averaged Big picture, though, and considering the imperfect fit with Doncic, it might be a fair question to ask if the Mavs are truly better with Porzingis.
There was a clear focus from the Mavericks to get the ball moving around the half-court. It showed in the results as they finished with a staggering 38 assists—doubling the Trail Blazers' output. Perhaps most intriguing of all was Josh Green's performance. He recorded a team-high 10 assists off the bench and showed some genuinely intriguing playmaking flashes.
He accomplished both the simple and more dynamic plays at a high-level. Some of Green's more dynamic plays included a deep drive or aggressive cut to draw a help defender to create a dump-off pass to a relief option near the basket, or a deep kickout.
Those are not typical sequences from a complementary player. I think just playing international basketball, a lot of pick-and-rolls.
I enjoy coming off pick-and-rolls and playing with a big. And we have Dwight — a great roller. Other times, Green was simply executing a post entry pass or making an extra pass after receiving the ball from a kickout created by a teammate.
While those don't crack the SportsCenter Top Ten, they are key. Without Doncic in the lineup, Brunson continued to be the primary initiator and he finished with nine assists of his own. He accomplished a balance of getting the ball to open shooters as well as drawing help on drives to get the ball to a play-finisher near the basket. Porzingis and Dorian Finney-Smith each registered five assists, too.
Like most of the team, they did so by making it a point to move the ball when they drew multiple defenders while the unit as a whole was active finding cutting opportunities.
With Portland Trail Blazers franchise cornerstone Damian Lillard set to have abdominal surgery, how will it affect the Dallas Mavericks? That was put on full display in this game. Without having to even think about slowing down Luka Doncic, the Trail Blazers still couldn't stop the Mavericks from getting into the paint.
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