#Washington Wizards at Dallas Mavericks
American Airlines Center- Dallas, TX
[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401585396/wizards-mavericks)
[TV/Radio](https://reddit.com/r/Mavericks/comments/1apfuk6/game_thread_washington_wizards_943_at_dallas/kq5w53i/)
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|WAS |22|36|30|16|104|
|DAL |26|25|27|34|112|
###Player Stats
**Washington Wizards**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|D. Avdija|33:56|25|11-17|1-3|2-6|1|6|7|3|0|1|5|3|1
|K. Kuzma|32:05|23|9-19|1-7|4-5|0|8|8|0|1|0|4|4|-14
|M. Bagley III|28:04|12|6-10|0-0|0-0|5|8|13|2|1|1|1|3|-3
|J. Poole|26:30|3|1-12|1-6|0-0|0|6|6|3|3|1|1|4|4
|T. Jones|33:01|14|6-13|0-1|2-2|0|3|3|16|2|0|2|1|-14
|R. Holmes|12:33|10|5-7|0-0|0-0|1|1|2|0|0|1|0|3|2
|B. Coulibaly|30:24|4|1-10|1-4|1-2|4|3|7|1|0|2|1|2|-13
|C. Kispert|24:27|5|2-11|1-7|0-0|1|3|4|1|0|0|1|2|-10
|L. Shamet|13:54|6|2-5|2-4|0-0|0|1|1|0|2|1|0|2|3
|D. Wright|5:02|2|1-2|0-0|0-0|0|1|1|1|0|0|0|1|4
**Dallas Mavericks**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|J. Green|29:04|13|5-8|1-3|2-3|1|3|4|2|2|1|0|4|3
|P. Washington|35:41|9|4-11|0-5|1-2|0|5|5|3|0|0|2|2|8
|D. Gafford|24:07|16|7-13|0-0|2-3|7|10|17|2|2|5|2|0|-6
|K. Irving|42:54|26|10-19|2-7|4-6|1|6|7|4|0|2|2|3|3
|L. Doncic|37:17|26|8-16|2-7|8-11|1|10|11|15|1|2|5|3|19
|T. Hardaway Jr.|21:58|5|2-13|1-7|0-0|0|3|3|1|1|1|1|3|-4
|M. Kleber|23:52|5|2-5|1-3|0-1|1|4|5|0|0|1|2|1|14
|D. Jones Jr.|11:58|2|1-2|0-0|0-0|1|1|2|0|1|0|1|1|-6
|J. Hardy|12:55|10|4-9|2-4|0-0|0|2|2|0|0|0|1|1|9
|B. Williams|:03|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0
|A. Lawson|:03|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0
|O. Prosper|:03|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|WAS|44-106|7-32|9-15|27|25|9|15|7|12|40|66|
|DAL|43-96|9-36|17-26|27|18|7|16|12|12|44|64|
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BRING BACK THE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME BELT AND GIVE IT TO LUKA.
Just like we drew it up, lads!
2024 NBA CHAMPION DALLAS MAVERICKS
Sure it wasn’t a pretty game, but dude Luka and Gafford combined for 30 rebounds. This team is really fucking fun to watch.
What did they inject Luka with in the locker room
Also shoutout Hardy and Kyrie ofc
Winning these types of games, I’m not sure we could before the trade.
Thank god for Luka and Hardy. The immaculate vibes continue!
DAN DAN!!
Daniel “Tyson Chandler” Gafford
hats off to the wizards. played great defense on us all night. we still need that wing depth to truly contend tho, specially in the defense department
Watching THJ play is cock and ball torture, the moment we benched him for Luka we ran away with it.
Turned it over a bunch, shot 25% from 3 and still won. Ugly wins are still wins.
PJ and Gafford gotta be happy to finally be playing for a contender. The games actual mean something now!
The happiness goes both ways.
The comeback started when Kidd benched Tim for Hardy.
Kai and his babygirl 🥺🥺
One of the ugliest wins in Mavs franchise history. But a win nonetheless. DGaf is gonna take this team to the next level.
Hardy sparked this team. Without him idk if we win.
Gafford is an absolute monster.
Winning while shooting 25% from 3. Great 4th by Luka and Maxi
Traded for bigger players and we still playing Kyrie Tim and Hardy at the same time
We won the game when Tim went to the bench. Hardy is the replacement and he’s getting closer and closer to being ready
Give Hardy his flowers, he turned the tide of the game for us.
Other than Luka going hulk mode, there was another turning point in the game. We all know what it was.
S-tier tanking by the wizards
Bitch move by the Wizards coach to call a timeout with 4 seconds left lol. Must be a big commercials guy
Nice comeback win for the Mavs today, but god not seeing Gafford out there late in the 4th was killing me!
Luka is the MVP and Gafford might as well be prime Shaq
Without the Gafford trade we would have lost that game by 20.
The turnovers were awful. 3pt shooting was bad. FT shooting was awful. But, holding a team to 104 is fantastic. This defense is getting much better. It’s a win. I’ll always take it.
Ugly win, but last season we lose this game 10/10 shooting 3s like that
Those 5 Kleber points were so satisfying
First Mavs game where I wasn’t sweating at all in spite of the early turnovers and the 3rd quarter lead from the Wizards. The defense has improved IMMENSELY and you can tell right away. Getting mad at sloppy plays and easy misses is way better than getting mad at absolutely terrible fucking defence and lack of plays except jacking it from the Three point line from the Mavs. Larry O’ Brien here we come! (Yup i said that)
12 blocks is more than normal.
Man how good is Gafford ? Dude’s presence is everywhere
Blow out the 1 seed
Struggle against the bottom seed
Mavs fucking basketball baby get out if you don’t like it
this new owner looks absolutely ridiculous
Proud of Luka for that 4th quarter. I saw him mentally spiral so many games during the back half of last season when things weren’t going well for him early and he’s been so much better about that this season (obviously the roster being better than last season helps with this).
Also, my man PJ being completely ass at shooting and still finding a way to make winning plays in crunch time, that’s what I’m talking about, man. Bro’s just gotta get in the gym on his corner 3’s and he’s gonna be excellent for us.
5 GAME WINNING STREAK
GAFFORD IS A DAWG
MAXI IS A DAWG
HARDY IS A DAWG
WIZARDS ARE SO ASS
A win is a win, even the Celtics struggled with this Wizards squad last week.
But Kidd needs to utilize Washington better, he’s too good to sit in the corner like Grant Williams or Reggie Bullock.
Jaden Hardy was big in this game!
PJ needs some work to get himself into the offense and confidence shooting the ball still. Gafford is literally a monstar from Space Jam. He’s crazy.
Hardy saved us big time, Gafford looked amazing and once PJ gets his nerves gone and that shot going hes gonna be big time for us.
If you didn’t watch any Mavs games and just read r/NBA and other social media, you’d think Luka is a traffic cone on defense. Tonight Luka was actually impactful on that end of the floor even when he was bricking 3’s
This luka kid is good at basketball
Gafford has had two very solid games in limited minutes. The Luka Effect is real.
25 mins – 16 points – 17 rebounds – 5 blocks – 2 steals
D Gaff is Him
Once we get Lively back, and PJ’s 3’s start falling we’re ready to roll. What I did notice is that PJ game is so much more than scoring.
I know the shots aren’t going down but PJ’s defense and energy is moving me. He’s been talking about wanting to be elite defensively for us and I appreciate that he’s putting in that effort so far. His ability to attack off the dribble also showed up clutch near the end. I hope he only gets better once he gets more comfortable on offense and that defense is legit because his versatility at the 4 would be a major boon for the team’s ceiling.
Pretty amazing what happens when Kidd benches a guy having a tough game. We instantly dominated the rest of the way. We all know THJ is streaky as hell, just take him out when he’s off and let him cook when he’s on.