18 points on 22-shot shooting, leading the team to a 2-0 lead! Doncic was still defeated by 32 points, but Irving's mentality collapsed

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2024-06-10 10:38Posted in Shandong Sports Creator

The NBA Finals continue, and the Celtics vs. Mavericks G2 game officially begins. This game is very important for the Mavericks, who will be down 0-2 if they lose the game. For this reason, from the moment the game started, the Mavericks showed 100% form to deal with it. At the end of the first quarter, the Mavericks led by 3 points. However, after entering the second quarter, the Celtics slowly adapted to the rhythm of the game and took the initiative on the court. At the end of the third quarter, the Celtics led by 10 points. At the end of the fourth quarter, the Celtics defeated the Mavericks 105-98 to give the series a 2-0 lead.

To tell the truth, the Celtics should be most grateful for winning this game because of Tatum and Holiday the most. Tatum played 45 minutes and finished with 18 points, nine rebounds and 12 assists on 6-of-22 shooting, including 1-of-7 three-pointers and 5-of-6 free throws. Although Tatum's offensive efficiency is not high, Tatum's containment and overall view are the key to the Celtics' victory. Holiday played 40 minutes and finished with 26 points and 11 rebounds on 11-of-14 shooting, including 2-of-4 three-pointers and 2-of-2 free throws. Defensively, Holiday is the best defensive player on the outside of the Celtics, and on the offensive end, Holiday doesn't need the ball and is the most consistent player on the Celtics' offense.

After talking about the winning Celtics, let's talk about the losing Mavericks. As for the factors of the Mavericks' loss, I won't give you a lot of verbose here, and I want to focus on Doncic and Irving as two players. For the performance of these two players, I would like to describe it with the sentence "Doncic lost by 29 points, but Irving's mentality collapsed".

Let's talk about Doncic first, Doncic played 42 minutes in this game, shooting 12 of 21, including 4 of 9 three-pointers and 4 of 8 free throws, and got a triple-double of 32 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 steals, and 8 turnovers. As far as the stats are concerned, Doncic can be described as perfect except for a little more turnovers. Doncic on the offensive end is the Mavericks' most stable scoring point, doncic on the offensive end is the best commander of the Mavericks, Doncic on the defensive end also treats every defensive round by example, and even the rebounding Doncic is also in 100% state to deal with it. is still the same sentence, Doncic did everything he could in this game, and he really did his best to win, although the Mavericks lost Doncic, they were still honored.

After talking about Doncic, let's talk about Irving. Irving played 41 minutes in this game, shooting 7 of 18, including 0 of 3 three-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws, and got 16 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, and 2 turnovers. To put it mildly, this stat is not Irving at all, especially the performance in the last quarter is even more similar to before. I'm sure everyone will ask, why did Owen become so crotch-pulling? In fact, the answer to this question is very simple, the reason is that Owen's psychological pressure is too great, and his mentality has collapsed. Fans who watched the game will know that whenever Irving catches the ball, the Celtics fans will boo, and even the Tatum fans who stand at the free throw line will also greet Irving. To put it bluntly, the Celtics don't give Irving a chance to breathe at all, and in the face of such a home game, Irving's mentality has changed, and the final result of the change is to pull his hips.

After losing this game, the Mavericks trailed the Celtics 0-2, and the Mavericks returned to their home court in G3 as their last chance. Back at home, whether Irving can quickly find his form is undoubtedly the key to whether the Mavericks can win.

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