In Houston, tonight, the Mavericks will seek a 7th victory in a row, and they will rely on the new shock tandem, Luka Doncic – Christian Wood. The first plays perhaps the best basketball of his career with almost 50 points on average over the past week, and an average triple-double.
When the second, he has reached a milestone since he became holder: 19.4 points, 8 rebounds, 2.3 blocks per game. Their doublet combines well, and if Doncic weighs so much on the matches, it is perhaps because he has finally found an attacker to relieve him, but also to combine on the pick-and-roll.
“We feed each other” Wood analysis. “I trust him, and he trusts me. When it’s pick-and-roll time, I think we do a really good job of execution. And then we are very close. »
Christian Wood and Luka Doncic, water and fire
Accomplices, Doncic and Wood pull the team up, and Jason Kidd obviously does not regret his choice to have associated them from the start of the match.
“C-Wood is playing very well and being able to play without the ball with Luka allows him to get great opportunities” reacts the Dallas coach. “On defense, he rebounds and protects the circle at a high level. We need it. He and Luka are playing well. They have a good connection and they protect each other defensively. »
And then, Doncic and Wood, it’s a bit of water and fire, and that’s maybe what works in their duo. “Christian Wood doesn’t get mad when I yell at him sometimes, and that’s what I appreciate” comments Doncic. “Sometimes in a game it’s hard to be by my side on the pitch. I just want to win… But he doesn’t get angry. He listens to me. I listen to it, and it works very well. »
As loud as he is a joker, the Slovenian also likes to lodge his new friend, and the most important thing is that Dallas seems to have found the right systems to take advantage of his summer recruit. Something to delight Doncic who is already planning on the spring games.
“Last year, we reached the conference final, and it was a big step for us. I think we had learned a lot. This year, we have a few new players, and we are starting to find each other well. »
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Luka Doncic | 34 | 36.9 | 51.1 | 36.7 | 73.5 | 1.0 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 34.2 |
| Christian Wood | 34 | 27.8 | 54.3 | 40.1 | 70.4 | 1.2 | 6.8 | 7.9 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 17.7 |
| Spencer Dinwiddie | 36 | 32.8 | 46.4 | 41.4 | 83.3 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 16.3 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 35 | 28.0 | 37.9 | 35.3 | 77.9 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 13.6 |
| Kemba Walker | 7 | 19.5 | 40.7 | 25.9 | 81.0 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 9.7 |
| Dorian Finney Smith | 31 | 31.6 | 40.1 | 34.5 | 64.0 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 8.4 |
| Josh Green | 25 | 20.3 | 58.3 | 44.4 | 71.1 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 7.0 |
| Maxi Kléber | 22 | 25.7 | 49.0 | 36.9 | 78.6 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 6.2 |
| Dwight Powell | 32 | 17.6 | 72.3 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 5.9 |
| Reggie Bullock | 35 | 28.3 | 34.8 | 31.5 | 71.4 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 5.3 |
| Davis Bertans | 18 | 10.0 | 40.0 | 37.5 | 83.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 4.6 |
| Javale Mcgee | 23 | 8.3 | 60.9 | 25.0 | 54.2 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 4.3 |
| jade hardy | 11 | 7.0 | 34.1 | 13.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 3.7 |
| Tyler Dorsey | 3 | 2.8 | 80.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| Frank Ntilikina | 18 | 13.2 | 34.5 | 23.3 | 72.7 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 2.9 |
| Mckinley Wright Iv | 7 | 11.6 | 46.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 8 | 6.5 | 23.1 | 27.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
| Theo Pinson | 16 | 4.7 | 23.5 | 25.0 | 83.3 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| Aj Lawson | 1 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
