With 45 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists, Doncic has completed all-time stats! It was Doncic's sixth playoff game 40+ in his playoff career, already surpassing the league's first alphabet brother, Drew Uncle Kyrie Owen, 35.13 seconds McGrady and others. However, Doncic is now just over 23 years old, how tender!
However, even this historical level of data still became an empty cut, with the Lone Ranger losing 114-121 to the Suns and the series score becoming 0-1. If it weren't for the sun's late release, the Lone Ranger might have been a 20-point loss!
We saw Doncic's toughness, a man carrying a lone ranger, 30 shots in the whole game, more than 35% of the team's shots!
It can be said that Doncic is working hard, enjoying the treatment of an emperor on the other, dominating the whole team, and no one dares to say anything!
On the side of the sun, the healthy booker only had 20 shots, Ayton only had 20 shots, Paul only had 13 shots, and Huang Zhong and Bridges only had 10 shots, which was very average.
On the Lone Ranger side, except for Brunson, whose number of shots reached 16, the rest did not reach 10!
Doncic is tired, the whole game is against the Suns' defenders, the front line, and even the inside line. Many times, doncic is seen with a big mouth and a rough breath, and there is almost no strength to defend!
No, the dirty and hard Claude also kicked Doncic in the crotch, making Doncic feel Adams' pain! In fact, I think this foul is even more serious than the second-degree foul that chased Clark with the dream, but this time, only the first-degree foul was given!
There is no way, the team is behind, Doncic endures the pain and continues to play!
We know that Kidd is a great coach, cultivated alphabet brother, so that alphabet brother became a superstar player, became the league number one.
But in Doncic's cultivation, it seems that Kidd has not made much improvement. Even, at the tactical level of the team, it is still behind Carlisle!
Why? The first is that Craber is Carlisle's favorite point, the space type of No. 4 position, and even the No. 5 position of a small lineup, and carlisle's unyielding starter!
Coming to Kidd's side, Crabell became a substitute, and although the bench had a better performance, contributing 19 points on 6-of-9 shooting in 24 minutes, Clabell did not protect well, and Kidd let Craber storm the inside line. No, Crabell strained his back in a dunk!
Previously, Crabell was a fixed-point pitcher, and I don't think it's good to be a top pitcher?
Then there was the problem with Dinwiddie, who put Dinwiddie on the bench and had 8 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists on 3-of-8 shooting, apparently wasting Dinwiddie's talent. You know, Dinwiddie and Bertans are replaced by an all-star Porzingis, and you have to give the right to shoot!
In addition, the 1m 96 Dinwiddie also has a huge height advantage over 1m 83 Paul!
In the first few games, Doncic did not play due to injury reasons, Brunson replaced Doncic, played a highlight in four consecutive games, and even got 41 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists in the G2 game against the Jazz. It also proves that Brunson can also dominate the ball as a core.
But putting it together with Doncic is a clear waste of scoring talent. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to be a sixth person? What's more, Brunson is only 1 meter 85, which is almost the same as Paul, and Paul can completely defend Brunson!
The author feels that the current lone ranger play is a bit like the Rockets of that year, harden even if he takes a 40+ triple-double, 50 + triple-double, in the playoffs is still not far! Because the team relies too much on Doncic and does not involve his teammates, the excitement of his teammates is not enough, and the natural state is very general!
To change such a bad situation, first of all, Doncic had to learn to shoot less and be more efficient. Pass more, and to some extent learn to play without the ball, let Dinwiddie hold the ball, Clabell to start, back to Carlisle mode!
Why did carlisle mode lose? Partly because the Lone Ranger's forward line is not against the likes of George, Ka Jr., Morris and Bartom.
But the Lone Ranger's forwards Finney Smith, Bullock and Josh Green were able to play against the Suns, who were shorter on the front. What's more, Bridges vs. Doncic, in fact, the Lone Ranger and the Suns are already on a par!
We also know that Booker has just recovered from injury and is at most 80% in state, so why not take advantage of this opportunity to consume Booker. Although I don't want Booker to be injured, once injured, it is difficult for the Suns without Booker to defeat the Lone Ranger, as can be seen from the Pelicans' series.
Anyway, the author feels that Doncic's emperor style of play is difficult to lead the team to defeat the sun, and want to go further. To add Powell's blocking to Carlisle's system, to give Brunson more control over the bench, it also needs the rehabilitation of Hardaway Jr. In this way, the Lone Ranger has a chance to defeat the First Sun of the West!