Phoenix Suns vs Dallas Mavericks Full Highlights 1st QTR | Dec 25 | 2023 NBA Regular Season

Phoenix Suns vs Dallas Mavericks Full Highlights 1st QTR | Dec 25 | 2023 NBA Regular Season

[Applause] underway in the valley and immediately Dante exom will put some pressure on Devin Booker who has added uh responsibility Stephanie running the point which means he’ll get a lot of attention for 94 ft been putting pressure on him season out of Kentucky nine straight games of at least 20 points and five

Assists looking to drop a dime there and it’s around and out Grayson Allen one of their top shooters from the corner and here is Luca [Applause] donic this is not last year’s halfcourt team they are playing at a much faster Pace as Luca gets his first assist lca’s

Going to draw too and Derek Lively gives this team a different look in terms of his ability to dive to the rim here is Eric Gordon they’re hoping they can can get him going offensively with some more open looks like that one right there and they open up 0 for two from [Applause]

Outside Luca side step three front rims it Durant with the rebound and the Suns will look to go Booker lost the [Applause] handle everybody gets a touch back out to KD third in the NBA in scoring can’t convert his first shot Jones [Applause] fouled here’s Allen one of 13 new

Players in a phoenix uniform this year Eubanks denied the jam and the Suns open up 0 for four donic nice slip of the screen by Lively and they have really developed a good rapport in their first season together well Lely so bouncy and he’s quick to

Get to the rim forces a rotation if you don’t rotate he’s going to get those layups all night long Suns 0 for five the push for Hardaway Jr Durant has his second carum Durant calling for it on the skip pass and knocks it down book with the assist Kevin Durant shooting it at

47% from the three-point line you got to be able to find him when he’s got an opening he may uh he may push the guys at top the scoring list to become a five time NBA scoring leader that’s Frank Boogle talked to us about types of shots that his team is getting

He wants him like that he wants him off of dribble drives fade outs passing up good shots to get great shots and when you get him though you got to be able to knock him down Allen now 0 for three to open up this first quarter donic one-on-one with Eubanks the

Lob and a foul and Lively to the line that’s one Wizards for more go to nba.com or visit the NBA app field goal lead early for the Mavs Durant creates some space and knocks it down there’s just no way to stop that you get Devon Booker off the

Ball allow Kevin Durant to bring the ball down the floor and just use his length his size to elevate shoot over the top of Defenders donic gets to the rim as he slashes between a couple of Defenders Luca is the guy in front of KD on the scoring chart at 33 per game

As Devin Booker hangs in hits of course Joel embiid leads the league again in [Applause] scoring Dage stays away from Durant instead pulls and Pops and a turn over a little bit too much on that perhaps a carryover from their classic 2022 Western Conference playoff meeting where the four seat Mavs stunned the top seed Suns and knocked them out you like a little spice with two young superstars or a little smoke as Devon

Booker likes to call it it’s just so difficult to game plan for him I mean his ability to score the basketball to facilitate the pace with which he plays that he lulls you into doing he manipulates defenses into doing exactly what what he wants Booker and Durant on this end have

All seven points the other guys are 0 for five to start out the game little things like that if that pass is On Target that’s a wideopen three those matter when you’re struggling to shoot the basketball second chance and they’ll cash it in Allen to [Applause] Eubanks dant doubled gives it up for

Grant Williams Gordon with the check and the push he’ll take it all the way and lay it up and in Phoenix back within a point heel injury so he’s missed the last eight games since December 6th still no timeable for his return the Mavs without him this year all the games

That he’s missed they’re seven and five which is still an improvement over the end of last season when they really struggled to find the right rotation they missed the playoffs a year ago they had been playing much better together as a group this year Josh aogi who returns to action misses his

First shot attempt out with a hip injury the last five games got no youf nerkish tonight either for Phoenix or Bradley Beal B of course they had hoped would be a part of their big three and nurkic had been averaging a double double this year nkit had been playing very good

Basketball the last five games up until this personal lead averaging almost 14 points and 15 boards and it’s important to have a presence on the interior to have somebody in the two-man game who can dive to the rim who can get loose who can get you multiple possessions with offensive Rebounds Booker weaving keeping that dribble alive bodying up the defender missed the shot Hardway will push one on four and his pocket gets picked Booker with Durant and a misfire danican for a fivepoint swing missed opportunities missed opportunities you cannot have those have an advantage in transition got to be

Able to get a bucket each other’s Tendencies they haven’t quite found it LCA by the way with that last bucket now with nine points so he is too shy from 10,000 for his [Applause] career see if he does it on this trip down the floor fancy pass the spin

Jones somehow not called for the travel donic deep three got it and Luca donic hits 10K and that last bucket spurring a 90 run and when we talked to Jason kid pregame Steph he said the guys Picasso just give him the paint and he hit that

One from the logo paint he Jones throws it down but what a start to the season for Luca donic it sure has been I mean he’s such a special talent virtually impossible to game plan for IQ off the charts Pace maturation that bucket for metu ended on 110 Maverick’s [Applause] run

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