Luka Doncic has unexpected help, and it’s not Kyrie Irving
Artemy Berstenev May 10, 2024, 08:45 Moscow time
“Dallas” tied the score in the series with the young and daring “Oklahoma”!
The Minnesota Timberwolves are now the only undefeated team in the current playoff picture. Today, May 10, the Oklahoma City Thunder suffered their first loss of the postseason. Before this, Mark Daignault’s young team beat the New Orleans Pelicans in the first round (4-0) and then earned its first victory in the series with the Dallas Mavericks. It’s well worth picking up a game from someone else’s site. And the Mavericks did a great job with this. Jason Kidd’s team will play the next two games on their own court.
NBA – playoffs. 1/4 final. 2nd match
May 10, 2024, Friday. 04:30 Moscow time
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Oklahoma City Thunder: Gilgeous-Alexander – 33, Williams – 20, Holmgren – 11, Wiggins – 9, Giddy – 8, Dort – 8, Williams – 8, Joe – 7, Wallace – 6, Waters III, Jeng, Biyombo, Hayward , Williams, Muscala
Dallas Mavericks: Washington – 29, Doncic – 29, Hardaway Jr. – 17, Gafford – 13, Green – 11, Irving – 9, Jones – 9, Lively – 2, Exum, Hardy, Powell, Lawson, Morris
For the Vagabundos, the best individual performance came from point guard Luka Doncic, who scored 29 points (11 of 21 from the field), 10 rebounds and seven assists in 41 minutes on the court. No, Doncic did not take the initiative: he had assistants who helped him gain the advantage over his opponent. Kyrie Irving immediately comes to mind. You are welcome. Although Irving gave 11 assists, the defender himself scored nine points (2 of 8 from the field), adding two rebounds and the same number of steals. Irving made up for his poor shooting performance with elite defensive work, reminiscent of an excellent version of Gary Payton.
Unexpectedly, forward PJ Washington, who had previously shown his highest score in the second game of the series with the Los Angeles Clippers – 18, shot. Today he has 29 points with acceptable shots (11 of 18), in addition to 11 rebounds. and four assists. By the way, Washington became the first player since Stephen Curry in a playoff game with more than 10 rebounds and more than 7 three-pointers. Curry did this during the 2022 Finals, in which his Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics 4-2. But PJ arrived in Dallas before the NBA deadline as a result of a trade with the Charlotte Hornets in early February.
In addition to Washington, forward Tim Hardaway Jr. also scored, adding 17 points off the bench on 6 of 10 field goals. A curious fact is that this is Hardaway Jr.’s fourth game in the current postseason. If in the first three games he scored eight points, in the fourth he scored at least double that! But Luka Doncic, for example, scored five triples today, more than in the previous three games (4). The third game between the Texans and Oklahoma will be played tomorrow, May 11 at 10:30 p.m. Moscow time. There is not much time to rest.
