Incredible finish in Memphis! With the Siren, Luka Doncic turned a crazy floater from a distance and thus led the Dallas Mavericks to a 114: 113 victory at the Grizzlies. The Mavs are now separated from the sixth-placed Portland Trail Blazers in the standings of the Western Conference.
Memphis Grizzlies (27-26) – Dallas Mavericks (30-24) 113:114 (BOXSCORE)
After two free throws awarded by Grayson Allen, the Mavericks got the ball again with 1.8 seconds on the clock. After a time-out, they were able to throw in the opposing half. The ball went to Doncic, who passed Brooks and converted an extremely heavy floater from the left wing to victory.
“Luka has transformed one of the most special throws that we will see for a very long time,” said Head Coach Rick Carlisle afterwards. “Such a miracle happens very rarely.” His final move tactic: “Get the ball into his hands and he’ll believe anything is possible. He expects throws like this to go in.” LeBron James was also impressed afterwards.
Doncic finished the game with 29 points, the goal to win was the third successful three in ten attempts. In addition, the Slovenian had 9 assists. Kristaps Porzingis contributed 21 points (7/13 FG), Tim Hardaway Jr. (11) and Dwight Powell (12) scored double digits from the bench. Maxi Kleber scored 8 points and 8 rebounds, but only hit 2 of his 9 threesomes. In this regard, the entire team once again had problems (32.5 percent, 13/40). Doncic in particular earned his teammates numerous open throws, which only insufficiently transformed them. After all, newcomer JJ Redick scored 3 threes for 9 points.
Allen had a very strong day for the Grizzlies (23, 6/11 3FG), but with his free throws he was unlucky. Jonas Valanciunas scored a double-double (19 and 15), Ja Morant 17 points (7/15 FG), Brooks 15. The Grizzlies scored strongly in the fast break (19: 7) and scored better from a distance (38.2 percent) – and lost anyway.
Doncic with the buzzer: Mavs win in Memphis
Allen was hot in the first quarter and sank four threesomes. In the meantime, he scored 12 points for Memphis in a row. Doncic only sank his first throw after ten minutes, instead Hardaway Jr. was already on 9 points. The Mavericks did not hit even completely open threes (glue: 1/5), the lead of the Grizzlies grew to 9 points (45:36).
Thanks to two threes from Redick and strong minutes from Porzingis, the Mavs were able to shorten to -2 and only went into the half-time break with a narrow gap. In Dallas, the throw from distance fell a little better, which briefly resulted in a lead. Morant put an exclamation mark with a dunk, Doncic got stronger. With a slight deficit, Dallas went into the final quarter.
There Allen met his sixth threesome, which resulted in a 100-94 lead. Valanciunas worked hard on the offensive board, Finney-Smith equalized from distance. Since Doncic added another threesome and Kyle Anderson did better, the Mavs were suddenly back with 5 points. Porzingis and Doncic shortened to -1. Morant hit two free throws, Doncic one, Allen none at all. At 11: 113, Dallas had 1.8 seconds left, Doncic hit an incredible threesome to win.
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