Recently, a Luka Doncić completely involved in work, successful in its various facets, giving a plus that has made the Mavs great. He is in that moment. He is giving the pull. In the last month he has enjoyed ten games to demonstrate his power, the change in diet to which he has undergone, his quality and the items that we want to add to him, and he has done so: he has played nine, the last one he skipped to rest , and the average points is 35.8. In this monumental streak he has had only two days in which he has not been the dagger that he has been in the others: in Miami, in a dominated match when he wanted even though the final numbers said otherwise, and in Utah, where he came out ranting against the referees after a not so brilliant performance. The case of the Jazz is the one that must be treated with special affectionnot only because it is the one that concerns this Monday’s meeting that we have to focus on, but because we are talking about two teams that can meet at the beginning of the next playoffs. AND the field is already watered with incentives if this occurs: sprints, victories for both, different streaks, revenge, etc. The Mavericks, after that aforementioned setback, have dressed as winners at home, in which they have finished above (111-103) those from Salt Lake City, who did not get to grab their opponent by the chest in any time of the night to fight for victory.
That defeat in Utah just after the All-Star bothered Doncic excessively who, aware of the entire image, had to give a strong rudder this time. The reason is not only in that previous confrontation, it is more in the one that they can have back in April in a series of playoffs to seven games. The Jazz (40-24) are far from third in the West, held by the stagnant Warriors (43-22), because they are three wins away. The Mavericks (40-25), who are fourth, it seems that they will play that position with the Nuggets (39-26), who improve compared to what was seen at the beginning of the course. Utah and Dallas, after today’s result, are only separated by a loss. They would go head to head if the regular season ended now. There will be no respite in the month that remains for these four teams, or if someone wants to play god in the realm of mortals losing games to have a more affordable match.