“Doncic is the NBA MVP” – ESPN on Luka 47-Pts shine to lead Mavericks DOMINATED Rockets 125-105

“Doncic is the NBA MVP” – ESPN on Luka 47-Pts shine to lead Mavericks DOMINATED Rockets 125-105

Luka donic it was a couple weeks ago that our fearless producer Clark row asked me to do an essay to break down the MVP race two weeks ago I said only these three guys one of these three can win it it’s either going to be joic

Sheay gilis Alexander or Luca who was a decided third two weeks ago with what the Mavs are doing with what he’s doing the only knock you could really make against Luca’s MVP case was the team success component but now the Mavericks because of this ridiculous run 11 and

One he didn’t play the night they lost they only need a 5 and three finish now to get to 50 wins and if he gets to 50 wins I genuinely do not know how as a voter you separate joic SGA or Luca donic he’s going to win his first

Scoring title and this season the three ball Luca donic he came into this game shooting 30 8% on three it’s a career high it’s going to go up a tick or two after this shooting performance when Luca is making his three ball forget it like what can you do with it what can

You do with him as a Defender if he’s making the three there’s nothing it’s it’s Easter you might can pray might well Luca certainly loves a high-profile matchup and you could argue that’s what this was today not necessarily with where Houston Houston is currently in the standings but there

Were a lot of eyes on this a lot of interest in this with Houston uh coming out of nowhere and knocking on the door of the playin at the bottom of the standings and the Mavericks just you know continuing to get hotter and hotter and hotter so if he is looking for uh

Even more stages to take over the greatest showman putting on a show this certainly has to count for one of those Devon and and coming into the game questionable you know with a with a team and and where they are right now and and

Needing to get it out of the play in you know he took upon this team and just pretty much put an ownership on it from start to finish excellent in the first half but like Mark said when his three ball is going and you have to cover that

Much ground there’s not much you can do I mean he’s big and strong which he gets you on his side he keeps you in jail his ability to hit tough shots you we saw the circus shot with the underneath flip from almost three-point line but you

Know he just looked at and match up that he got and and the rockets allowed him to play one-on-one with most of their guys and he won that match up time and time again with with relatively ease the way he’s attacking his defense and you know 12

Rebounds seven assists I mean he was he was Dynamic tonight and just made a loud statement for the rest of the world when everybody was watching this matchup well you could also argue too that it looks like despite the fact that uh he’s banged up and has been at times all

Season long there have been days off the schedule has been favorable in terms of getting uh a day or two off and a quarter off if you’re going to uh you know blow a team out and he doesn’t have to play it seems like they have been

Able to manage Luca’s minutes a guy who was highest usage in the league for so much the majority of the Season he’s got Kyrie to help in the fourth quarter he’s got the gaffords and the PJ Washingtons taking on bigger loads defensive it it feels like he’s got his legs and

And your three-point shot is in your legs and look this is a this has been a weird trip because of the schedule it’s five games spaced out over 10 days and of course now with the Golden State we know this is going to be a makeup gain for the just the horrifically tragic

Circumstances that the Warriors this game was supposed to be played earlier in the season and now Dallas will go back there Tuesday night to finish this road trip but I just feel like the with what we’re seeing I never thought a 4-0 start on this road trip was in the

Cards even with a spread out schedule I didn’t to go into Sacramento and sweep those two to follow that up by beating the hottest team in the league I mean this is why it’s been weeks now that you hear these murmurings from people with other organizations Executives Scouts like the

Mavericks have snatched a lot of of attention they’re getting a lot of attention from people around the league who are looking at this team saying this is going to be a lower seed that we don’t want to see and I’m not even you know now they’re up to fifth I mean I

You know I thought sixth was the you know the best case scenario and and even that now is you know they could theoretically still keep moving up the ladder so uh it’s it’s truly been a second half surge of epic proportions and there must be a lot of credit given

To the head coach Jason Kidd for the job that he has done uh getting this team to this point let’s see what he had to say after their seventh straight win yeah I think um you know on this road trip he’s been setting the tone

Early um and and as our leader um he came out and set the tone offensively um but I thought not just Luca but the group was ready you know to come in Houston’s playing at a high level they’ve won 11 in a row this was a

Good test for us uh but Luca got us off to a good start offensively but our defense um I thought the guys executed the defense uh to to a te tonight and making sure the ball found other guys we knew that green was playing at a high

Level so we tried to just you know keep it tough on him knowing that he can make tough shots but um Luca again was Luca what did you see on that one on theh handed shot when shot was running out well we’ve been lucky enough to be

Around him for three years and we’ve seen him kick the ball in uh we’ve seen him shoot from half court full court sitting in a chair so um to see him do that I don’t know if I think a lot of people got excited but I think at the

Same time it was like that’s Luca you know he’s always uh able to make tough shots um again Picasso when you give him the paintbrush he’s going to do something special and that shot was pretty special the way he controlled the game in the first quarter I mean I was watching and

I thought this could be his IND real just the way he dominated F yeah I I think when you talk about the best player in the world um understanding that the time and and where we are in the schedule and on this road trip he

Came out and showed why he’s one of the best in the world um he he set the tone offensively his voice uh you you could hear his voice um and then you know finding his teammates but uh again he he can he can put the ball in the basket and if they’re going

To read him and play the defense that we saw tonight it’s up to him to do his job and he did that at a high level tonight and it wouldn’t just look I me you got KY just talk about his contribution yeah Kai again the chemistry of playing off of one another

One is going the other one is just uh hovering uh to wait his turn and and Kai I thought did a great job there in the second half of being able to play the one-on-one and being able to to score um when those two don’t see double teams I

Think though you know kai and luuka take advantage of that and uh and Kai did that tonight um being that in the second half um to be able to you know get to the basket or take the three in Rhythm but again that’s that’s what they’ve

Been doing here of late is playing off of one another and Kai is playing at a high level uh but I know he’s not going to just talk about offense but his defense I thought was at a high level tonight um being able to ball pressure

Being able to get deflections uh and and being able to be in the right place at the right time I thought all five of those guys did a great job when I’m talking about the starters to set the tone defensively physicality was at a high knowing that Houston’s going to

Scrap their small so I thought again our bigs did a good job 4 and0 on this road trip which was not an easy road trip to begin with and with one more difficult leg what does it tell you about you know this team ability yeah I think um to that point we

Validated uh the Sacramento trip with this win um and then if you look at Utah we validated that win with the Sacramento game so now we go back to California where we just left and and uh and play Golden State uh again golden state is fighting um for a playoff uh

Spot so um they’re playing well um they’ve been in this situation and so this should be a good test for us on Tuesday um being our last game we can’t look forward to going home we we got to be pros and continue to uh understand where we stand and what we’re fighting

For Coach you didn’t see too much blitzing tonight but when teams do Blitz how do you feel like you guys have handled in the pocket making plays off the short goal yeah our bigs have been great all season we’ve seen Advantage Basketball um Gafford if he’s not

Finishing on the rim um dive or Gaff not finishing at The Rim those guys have been great of being able to find the corners or the slots just understanding the the the preparation of the rotations those guys have watched a lot of film and understand what’s coming and so I

Think they’ve done an incredible job knowing that Luca and KY are going to get double teamed is that the benefit of having Kyrie’s a screener in some instances where you know it’s hard to it’s hard when to a big is making those plays but when point guard like Kyrie is

Making moments yeah you know I think we’ve used Kai in that situation we we try to use uh everyone so that they can understand um that the situation the feeling of being able to roll that we’re not just one dimension a lot of times in

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“Doncic is the NBA MVP” – ESPN on Luka 47-Pts shine to lead Mavericks DOMINATED Rockets 125-105