Luka Doncic was furious with his teammates as Dallas allowed a 20-point comeback to fall to an injury-ravaged Cleveland at home.
While Doncic had 39 points on 14 of 29 shooting with six assists and seven rebounds, he didn’t get enough help, with Seth Curry (19 points) second best on the team.
Doncic was double-teamed on the final possession and desperately threw the ball to Curry, whose attempt at a three-way tie was blocked.
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The Mavericks superstar was seen shouting angrily into his own hands after the buzzer.
“They knew they stole the game,” the Mavericks commentator said of the Cavaliers coaching staff.
Australian Dante Exum had 13 points in 33 minutes after starting, with six assists, three steals and four rebounds in a strong performance.
But his most impressive act didn’t show up on the stat sheet, because after Jarrett Allen threw the ball at Exum while falling out of bounds to try to keep possession, Exum incredibly recovered and dove to the ground to keep the ball. terminals.
THUNDER CONTINUES OVERFLY
Oklahoma City is legit. There is no doubt about it.
The long-time strugglers picked up a win against West leader Minnesota and, back-to-back against the tricky New York Knicks at home, got another W winning 129-120.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams each scored 36 points, with Williams hitting two three-pointers as part of 17 points in the fourth quarter alone, while Chet Holmgren had 22 points and four blocks.
“I just shoot open shots,” Williams said.
“I try to choose my spots a little more carefully. Chet and I had a really good two-on-one deal, two-on-one action, for a lot of those games. The game is easier when you’re making shots, so I was able to hit a few and that allowed me to be able to drive and opened things up for Chet to have space to do his job as well.
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Josh Giddey had just seven points and six rebounds in 29 minutes.
“I thought we really hit our depth in the first half and were able to keep the minutes under control while still maintaining control of the game,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said, as his team n ‘only committed four turnovers.
“We played a lot of different guys and we had a very balanced rotation in terms of minutes in the first half, which allows you to hit the gas in the second half with the guys with higher minutes.”
NBA SCORES (December 28 AEDT)
76ers 112 – Magic 92
Raptors 132 – Wizards 102
Bucks 144 – Nets 122
Suns 129 – Rockets 113
Knicks 120 – Thunder 129
Cavaliers 113 – Mavericks 110
