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Ua hū ʻo Luka Doncic ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka pāʻani kūʻē i ka Jazz nāna i hāʻawi i kāna hui i ka holo ʻana i ka pōʻai aʻe, ma kahi ʻano e hui pū ai i ka hoʻomaha a me ka hauʻoli i nā ʻāpana like. ʻO ia kona hauʻoli nui mua loa i nā pāʻani pāʻani mai kona hōʻea ʻana i ka NBA ma 2018 a me ka Mavericks 'kumu mua no nā semifinals o ka hālāwai kūkā mai ka wā i lilo ai lākou i poʻokela ma 2011. Ua hōʻoia ʻia, no nā mea ʻelua, aia lākou ma ke ala pololei o ke kūkulu hou ʻana.
Ma hope o ke ola o ka lanakila ʻana, paʻakikī ka pae ʻana i ka NBA no Doncic. I kāna kau mua ma ka liiki ʻAmelika, ua nalowale ka Slovenian ma mua o ka hapalua o nā pāʻani (49) a ʻaʻole hiki ke pāʻani i nā pāʻani.
Ua hōʻea i kēlā ʻāpana i nā hoʻolaha ʻelua e hiki mai ana, ʻoiai ua hāʻule lāua i ka hoʻololi mua. ʻO ka hōʻeha piha no ka waihona, ʻo ia ma hope o nā makahiki e hakakā nei no nā poʻo inoa, ʻike i ka hiki ʻole iā ia ke hana me ka jersey Mavericks.
I kēia makahiki, ʻo ka mea pāʻani mua ʻo Madrid ke alakaʻi loa o ka hui ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o Porzingis, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka nui o nā lanakila e hoʻonoho iā Dallas ma ke ʻano he ʻehā o ka hui maikaʻi loa ma ke Komohana Komohana. Ua loaʻa iā lākou ka lele maikaʻi me kahi hui me nā hōkū ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka Slovenian, ka mea i hiki iā lākou ke kākoʻo e hoʻokō i kēia kūleʻa.
He mea koʻikoʻi ka waiwai o kēia mau 'gladiators' i ka pōʻai mua o ka pāʻani pāʻani e kūʻē i ka Jazz, kahi i hiki ʻole ai iā Doncic ke pāʻani i nā pāʻani mua ʻekolu ma muli o ka ʻeha. ʻElua o kēlā mau duels i pau me ka lanakila no ka Mavericks, he mea hiki ʻole ke noʻonoʻo ʻia i kekahi mau mahina i hala aku nei me ka ʻole o ke kiʻi o ke kiaʻi kiko ma ke ala.
ʻOiai, pono e hoʻi ʻo Doncic e hōʻoia i ka pass. He hōʻoluʻolu no kēlā me kēia kanaka, me ia iho. Me ke kiaʻi kiko ma ke kahua, ʻaʻole hiki i ka Jazz ke hana i kekahi mea e koi ai i ka pāʻani 29, ua pio i ʻeono ma muli o ka hiki o ka Slovenia (10 mau helu, XNUMX rebounds a me ʻeono mau kōkua i kēia manawa ma hope o ka wā hope). “ʻOliʻoli wau, hauʻoli nui wau. Ua paʻakikī, "i wehewehe ʻo Doncic i kahi hālāwai kūkā, ʻike ʻia a hauʻoli. “Ua hana nui mākou e hiki i ʻaneʻi. Manaʻo wau ua pono mākou e komo i ka puni mua. I kēia lā haʻalele nā mea a pau i ko lākou ʻili. ʻOiai ʻaʻole maikaʻi kā mākou pāʻani, pili pū nā mea a pau. ʻO ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā mea a pau ke kī i ka lanakila ʻana i ka pāʻani, "i ʻōlelo ʻo ia me ka hauʻoli e hana hou i ke apo.
Ma hope o ka lanakila ʻana i ka pilikia o Utah, kahi mea hiki ʻole ke noʻonoʻo ʻia i ka makahiki i hala, ke nānā nei ka Mavericks i nā semifinals o ka hālāwai kūkā kahi e kali ai nā Suns, ka hui maikaʻi loa o ka liona. He kī nui. “E paʻakikī loa ana e kūʻē i nā Lā. Manaʻo wau pono mākou e pāʻani i kā mākou pāʻani maikaʻi loa e lanakila ai iā Phoenix. Hana ʻia ia ma ka neʻe ʻana i kā mākou pale mai ka mua a i ka lua o ka puni, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia.
Makemake ʻo Doncic e alo i kekahi o nā kaʻao o ka NBA. ʻO Chris Paul i 36 mau makahiki e ʻimi nei i kāna apo hoʻokūkū mua. Hana ia me ke kōkua o kahi hui nani i hoʻokokoke mua i ka inoa i ka makahiki i hala a ʻo kēia manawa i lilo hou i mea hilinaʻi loa i ka liki maʻamau. Eia kekahi, ke pāʻani nei ke kiaʻi kiko a ua ʻike i kahi pae ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, me nā helu 22 a me 11,3 kōkua, ʻo ka awelika kiʻekiʻe loa i nā pāʻani pāʻani.
Akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia wale nō ka Lā. He hōkū nui ko lākou e like me Devin Booker - kekahi o nā poʻokela kiʻekiʻe ma ka liona me ka aneane 27 mau helu ma ka awelika - a ʻo DeAndré Ayton i ʻoi aku ka hoʻoholo ma mua o ka manawa (17 mau helu a me 10 rebounds i kēlā me kēia pāʻani).
ʻO ia kekahi o nā hōʻailona hōʻailona o ka semifinals hālāwai kūkā i hoʻomaka me nā lanakila no Milwaukee e kūʻē iā Boston (89-101) a no ka Warriors ma ka home o ka Grizzlies (116-117).
