Dallas Mavericks Dominate Miami Heat in 114-108 Victory

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 A 114-108 victory for the Dallas Mavericks

00:08 over the Miami Heat.

00:10 We take a look at some of the players of this game

00:11 who did very well.

00:12 Obviously it's Luka Doncic.

00:13 He's been absolutely on a tear as of late.

00:16 Now also, it doesn't always equate to victories

00:19 for the Dallas Mavericks,

00:20 but certainly great performances usually help you

00:22 with those victories as it did last night.

00:24 The Mavericks got the win and the cover.

00:26 The game stays under the total 35-11-11

00:30 for Luka Doncic.

00:31 Kyrie Irving also chipped in with 23 points.

00:34 Yesterday, we were feeling Duncan Robinson

00:36 early in that game, splashing three-point shot

00:38 after three-point shot to give the Miami Heat, Davis,

00:41 a 36-28 lead after one.

00:44 But it was the Mavericks the rest of the way,

00:45 picking up the victory now improving to 35-28 on the season.

00:50 - Luka Doncic, man, there's just really only so much

00:54 you can do, 12-24.

00:55 He got to the free throw line and was perfect there.

00:58 He made seven three-pointers,

00:59 although a relatively low scoring game

01:01 for the Dallas Mavericks to be playing in.

01:03 I mean, I probably can count on two hands

01:06 the amount of times they have limited opponents

01:07 to under 110 points this season.

01:10 Sort of an interesting thing with the Miami Heat lineup

01:13 is that injuries have kind of played their way

01:17 into their favor.

01:18 You know, obviously you would not prefer

01:20 to be a banged up version of the Heat,

01:21 but inserting Duncan Robinson into the starting lineup

01:25 and then replacing Kyle Lowry with Terry Rozier

01:28 means that they actually are shooting three-pointers.

01:31 I mean, the Miami Heat, before they did that transaction

01:35 and changed their starting point guard,

01:37 and before Jimmy Butler got back from bereavement leave,

01:40 they were taking the 28th most three-pointers in the NBA.

01:44 Just very hard to play winning basketball.

01:46 Not only when you are not making three-pointers,

01:49 but when you are not even taking them.

01:51 They actually took 38 last night.

01:52 That was almost as many as Dallas Mavericks.

01:55 They made 44% of them.

01:57 They were not particularly great from the free throw line.

02:00 They only made 64% of them.

02:02 And of course, the turnovers were a pretty big deal.

02:05 That is something that we saw Jimmy Butler.

02:06 Guy does not do this in the postseason.

02:08 Six turnovers for Jimmy Butler last night, 114, 108.

02:13 I mean, look, that pretty much is the discrepancy right there.

02:16 Kind of happens in the regular season.

02:19 A down game for P.J. Washington here as well.

02:22 Goes 4 for 12 from the floor.

02:24 I liked that acquisition by the Dallas Mavericks.

02:28 I do think they got to stop trading first-round picks

02:31 for centers, though.

02:32 They traded various levels of protection

02:35 for P.J. Washington and Daniel Gafford.

02:38 And Maxie Klieba still has to close games for them.

02:41 So I mean, obviously, they hope that Derek Lively ends up

02:45 becoming the guy who can just play 35 minutes a night.

02:47 Lively can't make his free throws,

02:49 so he doesn't close out those games right now.

02:51 But yeah, I mean, I don't know about you,

02:53 but I just in general root for the Dallas Mavericks.

02:56 Like, I have no affinity for them.

02:57 I don't really care.

02:59 But I would love to see what Luka Doncic looks

03:01 like in a conference finals.

03:03 And I just find it-- it's just-- it's a bummer

03:07 to watch a player that good have to be like a seven seed.

03:12 (upbeat music)

03:15 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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