The Dallas Mavericks (3-0) hosted the Chicago Bulls (2-2) on Wednesday evening inside American Airlines Center. Coming into this game Dallas was one of four teams left in the NBA that is still undefeated. Luka Doncic came into this game having the most points through three games since Steph Curry in 2015 with 117 points in the first three games.
The first half was back and forth by both teams. Doncic had a slow first half only having eight points entering the half. Dallas was only down one 50-49 at the half. Despite Doncic not having 100 points in the first half, his teammates stepped up, Grant Williams being one of them. He had 13 in the first half. The Mavs were shooting well everywhere except for the free throw line. They were 43 percent from the floor and 39 percent from downtown. They struggled at the line shooting 6-of-11 at 54 percent.
The second half was all Williams. He carried the team while Doncic was having a rough night.
Head coach Jason Kidd spoke on it after the game. He said Doncic relied on his teammates tonight and didn’t feel the need to take control of the game. His teammates came through and finished the job tonight.
After tonight’s game the Mavs are one of two teams left that are undefeated. Them and the Boston Celtics.
Dallas will head to Denver to take on the Nuggets on Friday night at 9pm.
The first half was back and forth by both teams. Doncic had a slow first half only having eight points entering the half. Dallas was only down one 50-49 at the half. Despite Doncic not having 100 points in the first half, his teammates stepped up, Grant Williams being one of them. He had 13 in the first half. The Mavs were shooting well everywhere except for the free throw line. They were 43 percent from the floor and 39 percent from downtown. They struggled at the line shooting 6-of-11 at 54 percent.
The second half was all Williams. He carried the team while Doncic was having a rough night.
Head coach Jason Kidd spoke on it after the game. He said Doncic relied on his teammates tonight and didn’t feel the need to take control of the game. His teammates came through and finished the job tonight.
After tonight’s game the Mavs are one of two teams left that are undefeated. Them and the Boston Celtics.
Dallas will head to Denver to take on the Nuggets on Friday night at 9pm.
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00:00 The Dallas Mavericks moved to 4-0 after beating the Chicago Bulls 114-105 here at American
00:10 Airlines Center on Wednesday night.
00:12 After this game, there's only two teams left in the NBA that are undefeated, the Dallas
00:17 Mavericks and the Boston Celtics.
00:19 Now in the first three games, Luke Adondrich scored 117 total points.
00:23 That's the most by an NBA player in the first three games of the season since Steph Curry
00:27 in 2015.
00:28 Luke Adondrich had a light day for him tonight.
00:31 He had 18 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists.
00:34 The two stars that stepped up for Dallas tonight was Grant Williams and Tim Hardaway Jr.
00:39 Williams led in scoring with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.
00:43 Hardaway had 24 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
00:47 We spoke with head coach Jason Kidd after the game and he talked about Luke's performance
00:50 tonight.
00:51 He only had 18 points, which is low for him, but he said he relied on his teammates and
00:55 didn't have to take over the game and he trusted them to get the job done.
00:59 Luke trusting his teammates, understanding it wasn't his typical night of dominating
01:05 offensively and he trusted the other guys on the floor and that just shows his maturity
01:09 and his trust.
01:11 Dallas will head to Denver to take on the Nuggets on Friday night at 9pm.
01:15 For all things Dallas Cowboys, tune in to Spectrum Cable Channel 15 on Wednesday and
01:19 Thursday nights.
01:20 I'm Brittany Bowen for D210 Sports and you've just been credentialed.
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