Unless your name is Royce O'Neale, it was not a good idea to be a substitute in last night's game between the Mavs and Suns. Because apart from the Phoenix winger, author of a big 18-point outing, the other protagonists from the bench contributed practically nothing.
Particularly on the Mavs side, where Jason Kidd only mobilized two men from the bench beyond 20 minutes. But Dwight Powell and Spencer Dinwiddie only contributed 7 points (2/3), 6 rebounds and 3 assists. And almost nothing to report on the side of the others (Olivier-Maxence Prosper, Kessler Edwards, Quentin Grimes…), much less solicited by Mavs deprived of PJ Washington, Derek Lively II or Maxi Kleber.
“ We need to sort this out. We talked about it, but we need to act, we need energy. Someone has to bring some fucking energy. We're flat, shit, and that's where it starts “, Jason Kidd lets loose after the matchbefore adding: “ We have to be tough, regardless of the number of injuries or the size of the team, and at the moment, we are not. We'll watch the video, we'll see what we can do better. »
Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic already overstretched
With around 25 points on average, its bench is one of the least productive in the league in scoring, only ahead of those of the Nuggets, Kings, Lakers and Knicks.
Result: he is still forced to shoot at his starters, including his two stars, Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, called upon for 36 and 37 minutes. Playing times comparable to those of last year.
“ Fatigue is linked to playing Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving around 40 minutes because our bench sucks at the moment, despite the depth of our squad. We gotta use somebody off the damn bench, somebody gotta help Kyrie and Luka, and that's just not happening right now », Jason Kidd still gets annoyed.
The coach, who can at least be satisfied with the recent outings of Naji Marshall, recently propelled into the five, recalls that it is a “ team. It's not Luka, Kyrie and Klay Thompson. Others must participate. I played the whole fucking team tonight, and we couldn't find anyone. So we had to let those two carry the load, and that's not fair to them this early in the season. »
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Luka Doncic | 8 | 36.6 | 40.2 | 32.9 | 78.5 | 0.5 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 28.6 |
| Kyrie Irving | 8 | 35.0 | 49.6 | 54.5 | 88.0 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 23.0 |
| Klay Thompson | 8 | 29.3 | 44.8 | 39.1 | 100.0 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 14.5 |
| Daniel Gafford | 8 | 19.0 | 67.9 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 11.0 |
| Pj Washington | 7 | 32.5 | 42.4 | 22.6 | 37.5 | 1.7 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 9.4 |
| Derek Lively II | 6 | 22.9 | 70.6 | 0.0 | 57.1 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 8.2 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 9.3 |
| Naji Marshall | 8 | 20.7 | 47.6 | 16.7 | 100.0 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 6.0 |
| Spencer Dinwiddie | 7 | 16.8 | 34.4 | 27.3 | 70.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 5.0 |
| Jaden Hardy | 7 | 10.8 | 35.7 | 36.8 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 4.1 |
| Quentin Grimes | 8 | 12.4 | 37.0 | 33.3 | 60.0 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 3.5 |
| Maxi Kleber | 2 | 15.6 | 40.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| Dwight Powell | 7 | 6.4 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 62.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| Jazian Gortman | 2 | 2.3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Brandon Williams | 3 | 4.4 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| Olivier-maxence Prosper | 5 | 6.5 | 30.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| Markieff Morris | 1 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kessler Edwards | 2 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
