Luka Doncic to El Comercio: “I have changed my mentality in defense”

Dallas Mavericks continues his good walk in the regular season of the NBA. From the hand of genius Luka Doncić and supporting actors like Dorian Finney-Smith, Dwight Powell, Jalen Brunson and midseason signing Spencer Dinwiddie have won eight of the last ten games and are now half a game away from Utah Jazz in the Western Conference table. Precisely, Jason Kidd’s team beat those led by Quin Snyder on Monday night, squeezing the classification ahead of a season finale that promises to be electrifying. In the post-match press conference, El Comercio spoke with Luka Doncić about the present Mavericks.

The Mavericks they prevailed 111-103 to Utah Jazzthreatening Quin Snyder’s team with fourth place in the Western Conference, with another outstanding performance from Luke Doncic.

Doncic scored 35 points, 16 rebounds and 7 assists, in addition to stealing 3 balls and placing 1 block, and twice had more than words with the star of Jazzthe French pivot Rudy Gobert, with whom he has already starred in several incidents.

The Slovenian point guard was the top scorer for his team, which also featured Spencer Dinwiddie, with 23 points, and Dorian Finney-Smith, with 21.

On Utah Jazzthe top scorer was Bojan Bogdanovic, with 21 points, while Jordan Clarkson, off the bench, scored 19. For his part, Gobert finished the match with a double double of 12 points and 13 rebounds, in addition to 3 blocks.

The game was very physical, with continuous friction and bumps. Not in vain, Mavericks and Jazz they are disputing fourth place in the Western Conference. those of Utah came to the game in fourth place, with 40 wins and 23 losses while those from Dallas they added up to 39 and 25, respectively.

In addition, the locals came with the streak of four consecutive victories and after winning seven of the last eight games with a Doncic unstoppable that is counting on Dinwiddie as a squire since he arrived last month after the transfer of Kristaps Porzingis.

At the post-match press conference, Luka Doncić admitted that the defense was one of the aspects in which he had worked the most between season and season. I consulted him about it. The Slovenian point guard replied as follows: “The mentality. I have changed a lot my mentality in defense. I am seeing the game differently, I position myself differently on the court and that helps me face rivals. I think that’s the main change, I’ve focused on defending”.

Dallas Mavericks will face the Knicks on March 9, while Utah Jazz he will do the same against the Portland Trail Blazers on the same day.