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Before winning 114-108 at home against the Miami Heat last night, Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks struggled to win against teams that were in the running for the playoffs. Despite Doncic scoring over thirty points and recording multiple back-to-back triple-doubles, the outcome was achieved.

During the Mavs’ run of two wins in seven games, Luka Doncic had averaged 37.5 points per game. This prompted Charles Barkley, a former NBA great and current TNT sports pundit, to advise him to improve his off-the-ball strategy rather than concentrating solely on scoring points.

At that time, Shaquille O’Neal didn’t agree with his colleague co-host. He cited the career of Michael Jordan, the all-time great, to support his position, emphasizing how his scoring output remained unaffected even while he led the Chicago Bulls to NBA titles. He declared:

I’m not on board. Kyrie and Luka are dealing with the similar issue. They just don’t do what the best players do; they do what great players do. I don’t believe that their numbers ought to decline. It’s been done; if you’re going to take that much care with your numbers, you ought to be able to do both. When Michael Jordan began to win, his numbers did not decrease.

With 19 games remaining in the regular season, the Mavericks are now ranked eighth in the Western Conference. The coaching staff must strike a balance such that Doncic’s high-scoring games result in victories. Because ultimately, what matters are the victories.

This time, Luka Doncic records another triple-double of 30 or more points. Doncic was unstoppable as he helped the Dallas Mavericks defeat the Miami Heat 114-108 at home, snapping their three-game losing run. With 35 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists, the league’s top scorer topped the player’s statistics table as predicted.His fifth consecutive triple-double. This time, it was significant because the Mavs overcame another post-season opponent. dependable accomplice in crime, Kyrie

The Dallas Mavericks’ supporters may exhale in relief as they strive to put the past season—which saw their team miss the playoffs—behind them. They will play the Detroit Pistons in their next game at Little Caesars Arena.

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The Mavs won on Thursday despite the Heat only scoring 108 points, demonstrating the continued need for better defensive play.

Dallas — The Dallas Mavericks had lost five of their previous six games, but they bounced back, keeping the Miami Heat to 108 points in a grind-it-out victory after giving up an incredible 137 points in a defeat against the Indiana Pacers.

“Merely being bound together. It’s difficult, Mavs head coach Jason Kidd remarked. “There will be highs and lows. There will be an exam for you.”

The Mavs switched up the starting lineup by inserting Daniel Gafford and Derrick Jones Jr. in place of Dereck Lively II and Josh Green. Dallas struggled early on defensively, resulting in trailing 21-7 at one point. However, after tightening things up in areas highlighted in the game plan, the team felt they responded well, going from giving up 36 points in the first quarter to not allowing over 25 in any period for the remainder of the game.

“I thought the group that started, we got backdoored a little bit too much trying to make sure Duncan [Robinson] wasn’t going to shoot 3s and he back cut us a little bit. Jimmy [Butler] got to the middle, which he loves to do, and then that puts a lot of pressure on the defense so that opened up some 3s. But I thought the guys, again, mentally stayed the course, no one panicked, and we got a good home win.”

Luka Doncic highlighted the Mavs’ energy and improved communication for how they responded after a slow start defensively.

“We were having more energy and more communication,” Doncic said. “I think those two things.”

A continued emphasis for the Mavs was to value protecting the paint at the expense of giving up open shots from beyond the arc at times. Miami still shot 17-38 (44.7 percent) from deep, but there were some clean looks the team would have liked to have back that didn’t drop.

“They [the Mavs] were pretty committed to protecting the paint tonight,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “This was one of the better defensive performances [and were] really committed to making that ball kick out. Those were the right plays. There are some things that we could have done to make it tougher for them to protect the paint and a lot of that is on me. But some of the three-point looks we had were very good. You have to take what’s available, whatever the open shot may be.”

The Mavs believed that after a weak defensive performance in the first quarter, the group refocused and tightened up to finish the first half strongly. After trailing 36-28 at the end of the first quarter, Dallas made the necessary gains prior to the half, cutting the Heat’s lead to 58-54. The Mavs only needed to be within striking distance to finish the game because Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic set the tone.

Gafford remarked, “I think we had the upper hand in that second quarter.” The quarter saw 22 points scored. All we had to do, in my opinion, was absorb the initial blow they delivered in the opening quarter.

The Mavs’ ongoing goal is to improve their ability to compensate for corner 3-pointers opponents are making. All five defenders must consciously make the required effort in order to do this. A small group of players can only cover so much ground.

“Just being able to comprehend that we will be evaluated. We won’t bar anyone from joining us,” Kidd declared. “We need to be able to carry out the game plan and eliminate the corner three. This is something that has been ceding the third corner recently. We must consciously work toward that. But there must be ties connecting us all. Three men cannot be the only ones playing defense. All five must be involved.

In order to maintain the Mavs’ defensive strategy going ahead, Gafford stressed the significance of communication in both on and off the court. Another recommendation was to avoid thinking about plays that had already transpired. If this is done, the group may feel demoralized. Rather, maintaining attention is an essential step in the procedure.

Simply said, I think we should talk to each other both on and off the floor. coaching both players and staff,” Gafford remarked. “In these games, every possession matters, just as every day, night, minute, and second counts at the end of the day. Therefore, worrying about previous possessions, possessions that occurred early in the game, or anything similar, kind of ties into it and saps the team’s vitality.

“We just stayed together, we made sure we comforted the guys that needed it, we made sure we pushed the guys that needed it,” Gafford went on to say. “We just went out and had fun with the game and got guys out of their heads.”

The Mavs will start a two-game road trip against the Detroit Pistons in their next game. Even though Detroit (10-52) has one of the poorest records in the NBA, players like Cade Cunningham and Jaden Ivey have recently proven they are capable of great performances, thus the opposition must put up a strong fight.

“We have the opportunity to play in Detroit one more. Take the one that’s in front of you; you can only take one at a time,” Kidd stated. Tomorrow, we’re heading to Detroit. We’re going to play them. They’ve been playing teams till the very end, regardless of their record, so it’s not easy. We need to put forth the same amount of effort as we did tonight.

Being a team player and willing to make sacrifices will be among the most important aspects. Everyone won’t be able to play the minutes they desire when you look at the minutes, Kidd said. “We must comprehend and specify the number of minutes required for the winning team. Teams and players who are able to process that