‘One-Two Punch’ Doncic and Irving Fierce
‘One-two punch’ Doncic and Irving fierce… Dallas returns to NBA Finals for first time in 13 years
Minnesota won 124-103 in Game 5 of the Western finals… Doncic and Irving combined for 72 points.
The NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, led by Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, advanced to the championship game for the first time in 13 years, beating the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Dallas defeated Minnesota 124-103 in Game 5 of the 2023-2024 NBA Playoffs (PO) Western Conference Finals (4 wins out of 7) held at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA on the 31st (Korean time).
Dallas, with a series record of 4 wins and 1 loss, entered the championship stage for the first time since the 2010-2011 season when the team was centered around ‘German Soldier’ Dirk Nowitzki. 카지노사이트킹
Dallas, which entered the PO in 5th place in the regular league (50 wins, 32 losses), defeated 4th place LA Clippers, 1st place Oklahoma City Thunder, and 3rd place Minnesota in order to challenge for the championship for the first time in 13 years.
13 years ago, Dallas, where Nowitzki, Tyson Chandler, Jason Terry, etc. were very active, defeated the Miami Heat, where NBA living legends LeBron James (now Lakers), Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh formed a ‘super team’ that will go down in history, and took the throne.
It has been occupied.
Attention is being paid to whether ‘Slovenian Express’ Doncic, who took over the baton from Nowitzki and has been an ace since 2018, his first year of debut, will give Dallas the honor of winning its second ever championship.
Coincidentally, Jason Kidd, who defended James and Wade as a point guard in the 2010-2011 season championship game, is currently the head coach of Dallas.
Dallas’ ‘last opponent’ is the Boston Celtics, a traditional powerhouse that dominated the Eastern Conference.
Boston is the team that achieved the highest regular league winning percentage (78%) among 30 teams this season with 64 wins and 18 losses.
In the PO, they easily defeated 8th place Miami and 4th place Cleveland Cavaliers with 4 wins and 1 loss, and in the conference finals, they won all 4 games against the 6th place Indiana Pacers.
The two teams will begin their final match with the first game at Boston’s TD Garden at 9:30 a.m. on the 7th of next month.
In the final match against Minnesota on this day, ace Doncic was in full swing.
Doncic, who scored 20 points in the first quarter alone, recorded a total of 36 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 steals, destroying Minnesota, which was trying to make a comeback.
Doncic made Minnesota cry by averaging 32.4 points, 9.5 rebounds, and 8.2 assists in the five games of the Western Conference finals, and was also selected as the ‘Conference Finals Best Player’.
Kyrie Irving, who forms the one-two punch of Doncic and Dallas, also exploded with 36 points on this day.
Irving scored 15 points in the second quarter, when Doncic was focused on managing the game, and led the attack to ensure that Dallas’ firepower continued throughout the game.
Dallas, whose two players combined for 44 points and 6 assists in the first half, had already widened the lead to 69-40 before the third quarter began.
In Minnesota, young aces Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns each scored 28 points, but they were unable to control Doncic and Irving and turned away.
Minnesota showed off its solid defense by allowing the least points (106.5 points) among 30 teams this season, but gave up over 120 points to Dallas in the final game.
Minnesota, which achieved 56 wins and 26 losses in the regular league, defeated the defending champion Denver Nuggets, led by Nikola Jokic, in the second round of the PO and dreamed of advancing to the championship game for the first time in the club’s history, but could not overcome the barrier of Doncic, another European superstar.
