How Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks Can BEAT The Phoenix Suns

The Dallas Mavericks led by Luka Doncic and Jalen Brunson are making a dominating comeback in their playoff series with 2 straight wins while the Phoenix Suns are wondering what’s going wrong. The Dallas Mavericks have rocked the boat for the #1 team in the West. Jalen Brunson came back to his first-round form and put up a game-high 28-point performance in Game 3, while Reggie Bullock who has been shooting lights out since the start of the Playoffs had 15 points going 40% off the 3-point line, while Dorian Finney-Smith had 8 three’s in Game 4. All of them have contributed massively on the defensive end as well but Doncic would still be the MVP of both games with a game-high +20 in the plus-minus column. Today’s video will be about how Luka and the Dallas Mavericks can beat the Phoenix Suns to advance to western conference finals. The difference was Luka finally got some offensive production from his supporting cast these past two games. Doncic scored 26 points in both games, and the Dallas Mavericks turned up the defensive pressure to get back in their Western Conference semifinal series with Phoenix, beating the Suns 111-101 on Sunday night. Before we begin today, make sure to hit that like button and subscribe to our channel if you haven’t already. Let’s keep rolling. What Do You Know, Luka Has Teammates Through Games 1 and 2, Luka Doncic was averaging 40.0 points per game while Jalen Brunson and Spencer Dinwiddie were only averaging 20.5 points per game. It is also worth mentioning that outside of Doncic, the Mavericks struggled to find consistency on offense in the first two games of this series. In Games 3 and 4 though, Jalen Brunson, Dorian Finney smith, Reggie Bullock and others turned up the heat. The supporting cast around Luka Doncic stepped up with 71 combined points in Game 3 and this proved to be a massive difference in favor of Dallas, especially since these four players shot 11-30 (36.7%) from deep. Physicality Is Phoenix’s Kryptonite The Mavericks Offense Is Efficient When They Attack The Rim A lot of the Dallas Mavericks' offensive sets this season have revolved around giving the ball to Luka Doncic and getting out of the way. These isolation sets have resulted in some success, but in the playoffs, specifically against the Suns, Dallas’ offense has been very stagnant. Luka can only do so much for this team and he alone is not going to be able to carry them in this series, this being very apparent after he scored a combined 80 points in Games 1 and 2, and Dallas still got outscored by a combined 27 points. Getting others involved and moving the ball was essential for the Mavericks to do in Games 3 and 4 and they did just that. They were able to get more open looks, specifically from the three-point line, by moving the ball around, and instead of standing around, Dallas looked to constantly attack the holes. Booker has become a solid defender. While he does not need to carry a similar offensive load as Doncic due to the Suns’ depth, he is an incredibly important part of their offense. That makes attacking him on the defensive end an important part of the Mavericks’ offense. The Mavericks did not shoot well from outside which is why it is unsurprising. Those misses were due to the Mavericks simply missing more than good contests from Booker. The Mavericks were relentless in attacking the basket though and that is where they hurt Booker. The Mavericks were 9-of-11 on twos defended by Booker. The most aggressive player in attacking Booker was Brunson who had his best game of the series. Brunson had 28 and 18 points in Games 3 and 4, respectively, after averaging 11 points per game in Games 1 and 2. This level of aggression from Brunson will need to continue as he really stepped it up. Doncic is the better player, but he is at his best when Brunson is playing well. Brunson was not the only one to attack Booker though. Booker was one of the many defenders whom Doncic took into the post. Doncic is simply too skilled, big, and strong for any of the Suns’ perimeter defenders other than perhaps Jae Crowder. This work of pivoting beauty is the perfect example of the best way for Doncic to get in on attacking Booker. Adjustments are going to be made night-in and night-out, and Jason Kidd and Dallas made all of the correct adjustments both before and during Games 3 and 4. Whether or not they can make the correct adjustments after the games and heading into Game 5 this week though is a key question. And what do you guys think? Can the Mavs eliminate the Suns? Who will step up and help Luka? I would love to hear your opinion so let me know what you think in the comments. Related videos: #4 MAVERICKS at #1 SUNS | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | May 10, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GnZQSrrAyw Can the Mavericks still win series? Perk says HELL NO! | First Take https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVbgl52wtxk #lukadoncic #luka #doncic #dallasmavericks #mavericks #mavs #jalenbrunson #mavericksvssuns #nba