The Mavericks were the better team as they withstood a furious fourth-quarter comeback to beat the Raptors, who threatened down the stretch. michaelgrange provides his takeaways looking at another MVP-level performance from Luka Doncic and more.
and the Dallas Mavericks to see Toronto’s high-level, high-pressure defence that has yielded an astounding 41 opponents’ turnovers and an even more impressive 84 fastbreak points in their past two games?
The Raptors allowed Dallas to shoot 50.6 per cent from the floor, while only converting 44.3 per cent of their own shots. Toronto had an 18-6 edge on offensive rebounds while each team was 21-for-25 from the line and made 19 turnovers. Dallas was 12-of-34 from deep, while Toronto was 11-of-34.The Raptors had to do something. The 23-year-old came into the game with an absurd line of 36.1 points, 8.9 rebounds and 9.0 assists.
On the next possession, Doncic faked like he going to not use the screen, came back the other way to use it and started rolling downhill with his right hand. The Raptors didn’t double, and Doncic just moseyed his way to the rim for the lay-up. And when he wasn’t doing that? Doncic was living at the free-throw line.
Then there’s Doncic, who has been first-team All-NBA for three straight years, and let’s not forget Jayson Tatum and Joel Embiid. The list goes on. But Siakam is making himself heard.
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