Fourth Texas derby of the season between Spurs and the Mavericksand fourth victory for the Mavs (113-107), who were able to rely on Kyrie Irving (28 points, 7 rebounds) and Luka Doncic (18 points, 16 assists, 10 rebounds but… 6/27 on the shoot) to “sweep” the gang of Victor Wembanyama (12 points, 11 rebounds, 6 blocks but… 3/13 shooting) in the regular season.
A sluggish success for Dallaswho had to wait for the “money-time” to make the difference against a formation of San Antonio catchy, but ultimately too fair against the offensives of the Irving/Doncic duo (12 points in the last six minutes) and Dante Exum (16 points, including 8 in the fourth quarter).
With this result, the Mavericks take advantage of it in any case to get closer to 6th place in the Western Conference, still occupied by the Kings who are under more pressure than ever, while the two teams will face each other twice at the end of the month…
WHAT YOU MUST REMEMBER
– Dallas suffers, but wins. Jason Kidd will confirm it at a press conference, but sometimes you have to be able to reap “ugly” victories in a season and that of tonight is precisely one for the Mavs. Like Luka Doncic, certainly in a triple-double but above all clumsy as possible, they were not necessarily in a great evening, but they nevertheless managed to win, with difficulty, by leading almost the entire game and better managing “money-time” thanks to the Doncic/Irving duo. Important in view of the race for Top 6, and that is the main thing for the Mavericks.
– Victor Wembanyama tries to weigh differently. Initially hampered by his mistakes, without this having any influence on his playing time, Victor Wembanyama never really got into his match in attack, like his entire team. However, he was able to make himself valuable in defense, as very often, where his size, his wingspan and his mobility greatly hampered the Mavs players. Jason Kidd but also Kyrie Irving did not fail to compliment him on this subject, afterwards.
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How to read the stats? Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; O = offensive rebound; D=defensive rebound; T = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; +/- = Point differential when the player is on the field; Pts = Points; Eval: player evaluation calculated from positive actions – negative actions.
