For the first time in six playoffs series under Jason Kidd, the Mavericks have won Game 1
Uh oh. Someone told Jason Kidd his teams are allowed to win Game 1s in the Playoffs. For the first time in six playoffs series under Coach Kidd, the Mavericks have won a Game 1.
Kyrie Irving came out guns blazing in the first half, a flip in the script we've seen from him in these playoffs so far, scoring 24 points in the first half, the 2nd most points he's ever scored in a first half in a playoff game in his career. He said after the game onon TNT that he knew a lot of his teammates hadn't been in this position and likely had some nerves, so he wanted to set the tone.
To this point, Luka Doncic had struggled: 18 points, shooting 7/18 from the floor. That changed in the 4th quarter.Dallas had fallen behind by 5, but Luka Doncic needed to wake up. Minnesota kept going to this drop coverage on screens with Gobert and Luka started to eat it up. This stepback free-throw line jumper started a personal 7-0 run for Doncic and a 13-0 run for the Mavericks as they took control of the game.
The first sequence is phenomenal defensive recognition by Doncic to know who had the ball and who was behind him. Minnesota had given Rudy Gobert a few lobs throughout the game and Mike Conley was gunshy for most of the game. Doncic stunts toward Conley and retreats in time to break up the lob attempt.
After an unnecessary foul on a 3-point attempt in the final seconds and surviving that, Dallas would win 108-105. Minnesota is now 2-4 in the Playoffs when they allow 100+ points. A lot of that is due to Minnesota's drop coverage. Doncic and Irving are too good in the midrange to allow them to shoot where they want to shoot from. Minnesota started to blitz screens more down the stretch of the game, something I expect they'll do more throughout the series.
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