Luka Doncic scored 25 points in the first half of the Mavs' preseason loss against the Timberwolves in Abu Dhabi. Watch his full highlights here.
are participating in the NBA Global Games initiative by playing two games against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. The first game ended as a
Luka Doncic had an impressive performance, scoring 25 points in just the first half. The Mavs had a plan to limit his playing time with it being just a preseason game, but he is expected to play more in the team's second matchup against the Timberwolves before departing for Spain to play against Real Madrid on Oct. 10.
"We've talked to those two about their minutes. Hopefully, we'll see their minutes on Saturday go up," Mavs coach Jason Kidd said of Doncic and Kyrie Irving."This is a long journey, a long season, and we're just at the beginning of that. "We wanted to see the younger guys play," Kidd explained."Luka loves to play. Kai loves to play. But there's a sense of trying to get as much as we can here and also be able to let the public see Luka and Kai on the floor. They're not going to play 48 minutes on Saturday, but hopefully, we can get more minutes for those, for those guys."The Mavs and Timberwolves will play against each other again on Saturday at Etihad Arena.
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