In a NBA regular season match today, Dallas Mavericks faced the seriously insufficient Toronto Raptors . Although the Mavericks once led by as much as 15 points in the game, they still lost to Raptors 100-105, and suffered a three-game losing streak for the first time in the season. After this game, the Mavericks' record this season fell to 9 wins and 9 losses, and their ranking dropped to 11th in the Western Conference.
After the Mavericks' miserable defeat to Celtics this Thursday, head coach Jason Kidd hinted that he would adjust the starting lineup in the next game, but in today's game, he still used the same starting lineup, which includes Luca Doncic , Spencer Dinwiddie , Reggie Brock, Dorian Finney Smith and Dwight Powell. Although this lineup performed well at the start of the season, they have lost 6 games in the last nine games and suffered a three-game losing streak after losing to the Raptors.
Doncic has low desire to attack in this game. He only made 15 shots in the game, hitting 8 of them. Although he scored the highest 24 points in the team, it is still quite different from his average 34 points per game in the season. In addition, he also scored 7 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals. Doncic played 43 minutes in this game, showing exhaustion. Given his recent super high playing time, maybe he needs to rest in the game back-to-back against Milwaukee Bucks this Monday.
In addition, the Mavericks have four players scoring double-digit points, Finney Smith, Dinwiddie, Maxi Cleber and Christian Wood scored 16 points, 15 points, 11 points and 10 points respectively. Brock, who was previously called to adjust the starting lineup, continued to start. He got 27 minutes of playing time in the whole game, continuing the cold touch throughout the season. He only scored 4 points by relying on free throws.
In this game, the Raptors lacked four major rotation players, Pascal Siakam , Scotty Barnes , Pres Achuva and Otto Porter , but Fred VanVleet scored 26 points and 7 assists, OG Anunobi scored 26 points and 9 rebounds.
Just as mentioned in an article in the editor, there is no simple solution for the Mavericks this season. Even adjusting the starting lineup may not matter to the overall situation. But what I didn’t expect is that Kidd is not willing to adjust even the starting lineup. If he continues to be stubborn, the Mavericks may continue to lose. The Mavericks will face the Bucks led by Antetokounmpo on Monday. It may be difficult for them to end their three-game losing streak. Although the Mavericks will return to their home court on Wednesday, the subsequent schedule is not easy, because they will face the Golden State Warriors and the recently in a hot state of Stephen Curry . I hope Kidd can change, otherwise the Mavericks will usher in a five-game losing streak.
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