Doncic, Doncic, Doncic: The successor to Dirk Nowitzki as team leader of the Dallas Mavericks is delighting the NBA world with the next gala performance and is causing a lot of tension in the series against the Clippers. A German national player is through.
Orlando (AP) – The Boston Celtics around basketball national player Daniel Theis have moved into the second round of the NBA playoffs, the Dallas Mavericks around Maxi Kleber still have to work.
Thanks to an outstanding performance by Luka Doncic, the former team of basketball legend Dirk Nowitzki defeated the Los Angeles Clippers in an intense fourth match in extra time 135: 133 and thus equalized to 2: 2. After the next record performance, the US media and commentators were full of praise for the young Slovenian.
Boston can prepare for the second round against defending champions Toronto Raptors after the 110-106 against the Philadelphia 76ers and the clear 4-0. The team from Canada also remained unbeaten in their series against the Brooklyn Nets and won 150: 122 in the end. The Utah Jazz is still missing a success for the next round after the 129: 127 against the Denver Nuggets.
It is much closer in the series between the Mavericks and the Clippers, who delivered the next intense argument in the NBA bubble in Orlando. With a sunk threesome in the final second, Doncic decided the match and came up with a total of 43 points, 17 rebounds and 13 assists. “When I hit the litter and the whole team ran to me, that was one of the best feelings ever,” said Nowitzki’s 21-year-old successor as the star of the team. “I just tried to make it. I can’t describe the emotions.” In the meantime, Dallas was 21 points behind.
Doncic, himself injured with an ankle injury from the previous encounter, had to do without his partner Kristaps Porzingis in the fourth game against the title candidate from Los Angeles. The Latvian couldn’t play when he was beaten. All the more impressive was Doncic’s performance, which also demanded great respect from NBA competitors such as LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Dwayne Wade or Clippers star Kawhi Leonard: “He had a triple-double tonight. He hits the winner’s basket. He plays great basketball. “
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