ESPN reacts to Luka Doncic’s 6 straight 30 Pt triple-double as Mavericks takes down Pistons, 142-124

ESPN reacts to Luka Doncic’s 6 straight 30 Pt triple-double as Mavericks takes down Pistons, 142-124

Rejoicing I’m Jeff skin Wade he’s Brian dearis we have a lot to talk about tonight and uh aside from Luca setting a record the Mavs get another win things are right in MAV land tonight well winning is fun but to get to winning you have to have fun while you’re playing

And you heard Daniel Gafford in that interview with Leslie saying you know we played with joy we played we had fun out there and when they are reading reacting not overthinking not getting into their feelings everybody’s playing the role they’re designated to play and you have a Superstar like Luca doing what he’s

Doing with help from others that’s winning basketball and you had to have a win against the team you’re supposed to beat in the East take care of this take care of the game on Monday and and get the momentum but back on the right track

Yeah it was a huge third quarter for the Mavs to put that thing away and we’ll talk about that later but what we really need to talk about is history six straight 30o triple doubles he’s the only man in NBA history to do that and

Then a along the way his last five have been 35 Point triple doubles and he’s the only man to do that and to get it in a win tonight is uh it’s absolutely huge F yeah he’s does everything again we take this for granted what he’s able to

Do at all three levels getting to the mid-range spinning his step back three when he has a big on him it’s over getting to the bucket there’s his mid-range floater game you know he talked about how hard it is what he does because the set he looks for wherever

Somebody is on the floor looks for where the advantage is if you go sneak one way he’s going to go the other he gets rebounds he gets assists he get others involved it’s a full box score and and when he’s playing at that level and you can get contributions from other players

Four of your five starters in triple figure in double figures five players overall you know that’s the recipe offensively for what they can do and they can play enough defense because of how effective their offense is and they can attack the paint 56 points in the paint that’s what their recipe was early

On get it inside get all those end ones I believe they had and eight and one opportunities in this game they just kept attacking attacking not playing maker Miss basketball relying on threes getting to the bucket saying you’re not going to be able to outscore us and

That’s what won him the game yeah and I it was the only reason it was close in the first half is the Mavericks were shooting a lot of threes and not making them anytime they were going to the ba bucket they were making them at a high

Clip even that Lucas stat line which he’s shooting over 50% is deceptive cuz he was only four of 1 from three but it didn’t matter you know they did what they did at halftime they talked about what they needed to do they pulled away in the third and another record setting

Uh player for the Dallas Mavericks is Daniel Gafford Brian records for everybody yeah records for everybody he hasn’t missed a shot in three games and this is now a Dallas Maverick record and that Derek Lively stat of 18 was also after the allstar break so since the

Allar break our two bigs have had runs of 18 and 19 gav hasn’t missed a shot in three games and guess guess what when they’re all dunks it’s hard to miss them and that’s what getting a guy like him brings you as you can play that look

Lively than play today you usually would have been in real trouble Rim protection wise or running that pick and roll offense without Lively in there well now you have Gafford who can step in and start and give you a game where not only he’s given you 17 points but he adds

Seven boards he adds four blocks and that the pick and roll offense what you’re seeing right here is why you get open looks from the outside it’s why that defense collaps is and what puts them in such a bind and in such prison because if they commit too much to

Stopping Luca when he’s going off like this then that’s what Gafford brings if they try to stop the lobs to Gafford then Luca is open in the mid-range or you get a gat screen going to the hole so you now you have the ability to play

That way as much as you want offensively and you have the rim protection the block shots what he can give you defensively being that anchor of communication on that end too uh that’s why it’s so great to see so we’re going to continue to see the effectiveness of

Those big men down low getting those easy looks you know you’ve been big on the Luca donic MVP train I mean we all have because we see him and we see what a big deal uh he is and what he does for this team but I think kind of like an

Underrated stat to put in the MVP column you have two guys that have set Maverick records within a month and a half of one another for consecutive makes and those guys are the recipients of what Luca donic orchestrates that tells you the impact that he has on the entire team

You think Daniel Gafford likes where he’s been playing for the last month and he’s really happy here by the way reiterate no one has more 30 point triple doubles than Luca no one has more 35 Point triples doubles than Luca when he had 37 point triple doubles three

Times in a row that was more than all but 12 players in the NBA and more than 13 franchises in their history it’s incredible that’s what we’re watching on a nightly basis yeah and you just mentioned you know you think Daniel Gafford likes playing here what yes he

Does and you know who else likes playing here is PJ Washington and he immediately came to his new teammates back in the fourth quarter and this is what you absolutely love to see there’s nothing that brings a team together other than I have your back somebody messes with uh

Gafford right here PJ comes and just kind of a little light touch to D and then it turns in to a little uh heavy shove and you know you know what that man Gafford likes that PJ’s got his back you want a team that has a little nasty

Remember in the bubble when uh L went down and poringa had to be the one to go in and it ended up getting him tossed in the game well now we’ve got some enforcers we got guys who like you’re not doing that to any of our players not

Just our best player but to gaffard either I got your back and Gafford now is going to have PJ’s back and everybody else is back on the team that’s how cohesive you want you want a team that cannot be out physical cannot be pushed around yeah a guy who never got pushed

Around in his playing days was Jason kid and the coach of the Dallas MAV mck joined the crew there for a little postgame commentary let’s hear what he had to say Jon you guys scored 34 points in each quarter what were you able to do tonight from an offensive standpoint

Yeah I think when you look at just the touches um early I thought Luca got everybody involved um we had a lot of guys touching the ball not when you say you know touching the ball they weren’t shooting it um you know just being able

To um have touches um I thought Kai set the tone for us uh offensively and then Luca picked it up and um and then carried us but for us to win the first two quarters with the turnovers and offensive rebounds that we talked about at halftime I thought we did a really

Good job on Kate in the second half uh of making sure that he had to do something different what can you say about LCA as he continued his 30 points triple double streak yeah you look up there you see the stats and he needs one rebound uh it seemed

Like we weren’t going to get a miss or a stop um but we finally got that but that just shows where he’s playing at right now the level that he’s at um to be able to to score um and also to be able to find his teammates and then lastly being

Able to rebound the ball for us to help us on the defensive end it’s one of those things might get lost in a night like this but thought hard ways closed to the third quarter and start of the fourth was pretty key for you guys yeah

I think uh for him to be able to knock down four threes uh two of them being four-point plays uh uh but I I thought again just the shots that he took they were great looks um you can see he’s starting to turn the corner here and and

When as we’ve talked about um with his struggles we we need him and and it just shows that you know the guys are trying to get him shots and he’s being aggressive and he’s taking the shots when he’s open obviously you’re kind of lost in

The moment the moment of the game but I wonder if you heard the fans in the second quarter chaining Lucas sucks right before he went off no I did not okay unfortunately I didn’t you might want to like go on the road now start paying fans to do that we know he doesn’t

Suck we know he doesn’t suck yeah that’s pretty much when he started turning it on yeah I think um I think he enjoys if that’s what took if that’s what sparked him um I think we all know he enjoys when people talk to him um and and so if

That’s what sparked him then yes we would like that to happen a lot more um but you know I think just starting off the road trip um understanding the importance of each game um I thought again to be able as DP brought up um the 30 points and each you know we scored

Over 30 points the ball is moving um we’re sharing the ball it’s not about you know can we get it we’re talking about getting a better shot and we’re getting wide open looks now some of them we’re not going to make it’s just part of the game but I thought just being

Consistent in that area and then I thought the big the big thing was the start of the ball touch in the paint that’s where we we wanted to get to early off and I thought we did that on a consistent basis tonight I know you gave

Up 124 points but you had 13 Steals and seven blocks tonight what were you guys able to do from a defensive standpoint yeah we had 20 turnovers um we gave up some points uh in this league you’re going to see some scores everyone scoring the ball um we scored 140

Something tonight so um just to to understand the pace uh we’re deep we can we can when we score the ball our defense is a lot better and you can see that but the the C and steals tonight were big to create 20 turnovers and then

To be able to explore on the other end and again Sharon the ball I thought Josh has some great plays to Timmy on the Break um everyone’s touching the ball we’re trying to get everyone involved and everybody responded tonight so we got to build on this appreciate it thank you everyone

All right I like that Brian coach Jason kid confirming to our friend Brad Townson that indeed Luca donic does not suck listen do not poke the bear yeah beware continue doing it I love it he loves it no one loves trash talk more than Luca some people it

Gets in their head not that guy no and if they want to poke it go ahead because he’s going to continue to go off all right coming up next on Mavs live Jason kid also talked about the performance of Tim arway foreign spe speech blood an ally has deated enemy Towery Al

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ESPN reacts to Luka Doncic’s 6 straight 30 Pt triple-double as Mavericks takes down Pistons, 142-124