After a short defeat against Minnesota the day before, the Mavericks The Thunder had to have been chained to Oklahoma City, where the Thunder displayed a 20 -game victories. But Jason Kidd and his troops had already been able to win there, on November 17, 2024. So why not do it again?
“Energy and efforts, for a back-to-back, were very high. The guys played hard, applied the systems ”, Note with pleasure the Dallas coach. “It was a character victory, perhaps the biggest in the season, because we were decreased and everyone raised their level. »»
For this trip, the Texans were deprived of Naji Marshall, Klay Thompson, Dwight Powell, Dante Exum, Jaden Hardy and Dereck Lively II, the last player to join the infirmary and for a long time.
“We are talking about this right now: everyone must raise their level but it is almost a question of holding the shop in place of others. We look at the list of injured, it's crazy ”, Comments Spencer Dinwiddie. “We could make a major five just with the absent. It's hard, but it's our season that is like that. We are going to have the best recruit of the “Trade Deadline” with the return of Luka Donnic. I can't wait. »»
Win against the Thunder yes, but also against others …
The Mavericks' victory is to be highlighted as the defensive efforts and the discipline have been impressive, like an omnipresent PJ Washington (22 points, 19 rebounds, 3 interceptions and 2 counters). But bad luck and injuries are nevertheless playing on the group's morale, as Kyrie Irving confirms.
“I am so exhausted on the emotional level that I am not really in the celebration because we fought. I am so proud of the guys “,, loose the playmakerwho talks about a “Torn off victory”. “His leadership is enormous”adds Jason Kidd to his star, who has to manage his worries on the back for a few weeks.
This third victory in four matches against the best team of the West Conference remains excellent news. But Kyrie Irving also thinks of recent setbacks against the weak Pelicans and Hornets… “We know that we can play our eyes in our eyes with the best. Now it must be done with regularity. These last matches, we were not very regular as we wanted ”regrets the 2016 NBA champion.
| Shots | Rebound | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | Lf | Off | Def | Early | PD | COP | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Luka Donic | 22 | 35.7 | 46.4 | 35.4 | 76.7 | 0.7 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 28.1 |
| Kyrie Irving | 35 | 35.9 | 48.3 | 43.0 | 90.6 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 24.5 |
| PJ Washington | 38 | 32.8 | 43.2 | 36.5 | 75.2 | 1.5 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 13.8 |
| Klay Thompson | 38 | 27.5 | 41.1 | 38.0 | 90.0 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 13.6 |
| Daniel Gafford | 43 | 20.7 | 70.7 | 0.0 | 69.2 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 6.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 12.2 |
| Naji Marshall | 34 | 24.7 | 50.3 | 31.3 | 87.0 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 11.0 |
| Spencer Dinwiddie | 43 | 25.0 | 39.8 | 33.0 | 86.5 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 10.3 |
| Quentin Grimes | 42 | 23.0 | 46.0 | 39.4 | 75.7 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 10.1 |
| Dereck Lively II | 32 | 24.0 | 70.1 | 0.0 | 63.8 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 7.8 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 9.1 |
| Jaden Hardy | 34 | 15.9 | 42.7 | 39.4 | 73.9 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 8.1 |
| Maxi Kleber | 33 | 19.0 | 41.1 | 28.3 | 78.9 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 3.1 |
| Olivier-Maxence Prosper | 34 | 8.6 | 40.7 | 24.1 | 59.5 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.0 |
| Brandon Williams | 14 | 6.6 | 41.2 | 30.0 | 76.9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.9 |
| Markieff Morris | 6 | 4.9 | 25.0 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.7 |
| Jazian Gortman | 15 | 3.7 | 39.1 | 36.4 | 50.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
| Dwight Powell | 33 | 7.6 | 77.8 | 100.0 | 66.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Kessler Edwards | 15 | 4.9 | 30.8 | 14.3 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
