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Luka Donicic scored 22 points, bounced the ball 12 times and had 12 assists, registering a 33rd run in the NBA triple-double.
Kristap Porzing scored 28 points and bounced the ball 14 times in a game that was won by a late-game streak when the Mavericks escaped 17: 4.
In this game, the Spurs no longer had LaMarcus Aldridge.
The 35-year-old, who has played seven times in the NBA All-Star, has decided to leave the Spurs for the sixth season at the San Antonio Club. This was confirmed by Spurs coach Greegg Popovich before the game.
“He was a great friend to the team,” Popovich said, adding that Aldridge was healthy. “We just think that both parties will win in this situation: LaMarcus and the club.”
Alderridge, who scored 13.7 points and 4.5 balls in 25 minutes this season, has recently been pushed to the bench, despite his big $ 24 million contract. dollars for the last year of the contract.
The basketball player, who can play in 4-5 positions, was not satisfied with the reduced role, the club was not satisfied with him: in the last game on March 1, he received only 15 minutes of playing time and scored 2 points. Due to injuries, the taller one played less this season, his accuracy dropped.
The San Antonio club will try to trade a veteran who has scored 19.5 points for the team in five years and has bounced 8 balls.
AFP / “Scanpix” nuotr./LaMarcusas Aldridge’as
Spurs defender Patty Mils has been playing with Aldridge the longest as they also played the Portland Trail Blazers, where Alderridge shone for nine years.
“He’s probably the oldest friend in my team’s life,” Mills said. – Obviously, he was respected in this team, as in any other. As a teammate, I wish him the best ”.
„Scanpix“ / AP nuotr./LaMarcusas Aldridge’as
On Wednesday, DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points and had 11 assists for the Spurs team. Mills added 14 points and Rudy Gay added 13.
The Mavericks outscored the Spurs basketball players in the fight for the ball even at 51:30.
“We lost the game under the basket,” Popovichius said. – Porzing was amazing under the baskets. I think we defended well against Dončičiai, we played hard, well, but we made too many mental mistakes. “
Porzing, whose career has been interrupted by injuries, has doubled in the third straight game and the seventh in the last 12 games. “I feel like I’m coming back,” Porzing said. – I still have to work. The foot does not feel the same after the operation. “
“Scanpix” nuotr./Kristapas Porzingis
At the NBA West conference table, both clubs are as follows: Spurs seventh and Mavericks eighth.
In Wednesday’s next NBA game, the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Washington Wizards at home 127: 112, with Jonas Valančiūnas furious: the Lithuanian scored 29 points and bounced 20 balls.
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