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While Luka Doncic achieves the worst shooting performance of his career, Kyrie Irving takes control of the Mavericks
Kyrie Irving scored 28 points to help the visiting Dallas Mavericks win 113-107 over the San Antonio Spurs in a game in which two of the teams’ superstars struggled on Tuesday, March 19 (Wednesday, March 20, MT of Manila).
The Mavericks (40-29) led by 7 points after three quarters before San Antonio (15-54) went on an 11-2 run to start the fourth and take a 95-93 lead. The Spurs still held the lead at 101-100 after Tre Jones drove the lane for a reverse layup with 4:10 left, but Dallas scored the next 6 points, with Irving’s jumper giving the Mavericks a lead by five points with 1:46 to play. .
Devin Vassell’s layup cut the margin for San Antonio. Then, Dante Exum made a three-pointer with 36.8 seconds left to extend the Mavericks’ advantage to 6 points, giving the visitors enough lead to win for the sixth time in their last seven games and sweep the series. four games against San. Anthony.
Luka Doncic added 18 points, 16 assists and 10 rebounds, but made just 6 of 27 from the floor for Dallas, amassing the worst shooting night of his career. Exum added 16 points off the bench, Daniel Gafford had 13 and Derek Lively II scored 12.
Jones led the Spurs with 22 points, Vassell adding 19, Keldon Johnson scoring 14, Jeremy Sochan racking up 13 points and 10 rebounds, and rookie phenom Victor Wembanyama settling for 12 points (on 3-of-13 shooting), 11 rebounds and 6 blocks. , and 3 assists.
San Antonio has lost four of its last five games.
Dallas led 38-30 after the first quarter. The Spurs tied the score at 45 on Jones’ three-pointer with 7:35 left in the second quarter and took a two-point lead on a pair of Wembanyama free throws on the ensuing possession.
Doncic’s fadeaway jumper with 1:45 left gave the Mavericks a 13-point lead. San Antonio closed the half with two free throws from Sochan and a dunk from Vassell to make it 65-56 at the break.
Irving led all scorers with 14 points before halftime and Vassell led the Spurs with 12.
San Antonio scored 11 of the first 13 points in the third quarter to tie the score at 67 after Sochan’s three-point basket at 7:59. The Mavericks finished the period with a 10-2 run that propelled them to a 91-84 advantage heading into the final quarter. – Rappler.com
