NBA playoffs: Without Luka Doncic! Dallas Mavericks Thanks to Jalen Brunson also Game 3 at Utah Jazz

The Dallas Mavericks also won game 3 in Salt Lake City and beat the Utah Jazz with 126: 118. The Texans held a late rush of jazz and now lead with 2-1 in the series, although Luka Doncic didn't play a single second.

• Small Ball The Utah Jazz makes the game exciting again
• the most important statistics of the game
• Mavs vs. Jazz: The votes to the game
• The star of the game: Jalen Brunson
• The Flop of the Game: The Perimter Defense of Jazz
• The scene of the game
• UTAH JAZZ (5) - Dallas Mavericks (4) 118: 126 (boxcore), series: 1-2
• Mavericks vs. Jazz: The series at a glance (2-1)

For Dallas, Jalen Brunson (31 points, 12/22 FG, 7/7 ft, 5 assists) was again the top scorer, the Guard was also on hand in the final phase when Utah once again desperately piled up with small ball. Spencer Dinwiddie (20, 6/21, 6 Assists), who successfully attacked Donovan Mitchell, also successfully attacked Drives several times with Drives. The MAVs also met 43 percent from a distance (18/42), but was primarily responsible for the bank.

Maxi Kleber (17, 6/7 FG) and Davis Bertans (15) sank four threes each, and Josh Green (12, 3/5 threesome, 6 assists, 2 steals) also did not hesitate. Dorian Finney-Smith (14, 6/12, 8 rebounds) played 47 minutes and shone especially in the defense, not only by 4 steals. Mitchell was unable to stop in the second half, the shooting guard of the jazz booked 28 of his 32 points (10/21, 6 assists) after the change.

Rudy Gobert (15, 6/6, 7 rebounds) was put on the bench after the break, at times that also worked for Utah, but not in the fourth quarter. Mike Conley (21, 6/14, 6 assists) was significantly improved after his 0/7 performance, and Bojan Bogdanovic (24, 8/12) also hit well, but the deficits were simply too great.

Even without Doncic, the Mavs continued where they stopped in game 2. Brunson attacked Mitchell and Co., the shooters were still hot. Kleber met his first three triplets and Green, the shaky shooter of the Mavs, punished the jazz from the corner several times. In addition, the Mavs played grandiose again in the defense and this time the boards were under control.

Small Ball The Utah Jazz makes the game exciting again

The Mavs led one up to 17 points in halftime because they stopped Utah's Ball Movement and hardly allowed any opposing threesome. The game did not tip over when Brunson had to go into the cabin with back pain after a push from Royce O'Neale. The ball continued and Dallas met the last four distances before the break, two of them went to Bertan's account. Utah scorten better in the zone, but did not make up any ground. Mitchell was not a factor in the first half, the fans in Salt Lake City said goodbye to their team with loud bullets into the cabin (51:68).

Brunson returned after the break, but the first exclamation mark set Dinwiddie, who was furious with a foul with a foul. Utah's offense now worked better, Bogdanovic was the Go-to-Guy. And yet the jazz hardly did a good ground, so that jazz coach Quin Snyder even tried a small line-up (Eric Pasal as a center). A shootout developed because both teams no longer generated stops. Mitchell made 9 points in a row for jazz, Dallas only led 97:91 after three quarters.

After a few minutes in the fourth quarter, Snyder Gobert brought again and through a Conley three -day Utah was suddenly up -1. Two drives from Dinwiddie against Mitchell provided relief, then Utah switched to small ball five minutes before the end. This time it was unsuccessful because Brunson was too good and scorten several times in the z1. Gobert returned at -9, but that didn't help either. Two minutes before the end, Finney-Smith unpacked the Dagger out of the corner (116: 106), Dinwiddie started one of them shortly afterwards and gave Dallas the first MAVS victory in Salt Lake City after eleven unsuccessful attempts for over six years.

the most important statistics of the game

UTAH JAZZ (5) - Dallas Mavericks (4) 118: 126 (boxcore), series: 1-2

• 22 Threesome sinked the MAVs in Game 2 and many suspected that this is not replicable. In halftime one this was refuted. Dallas sinked 13 of 25 attempts, 10 of which went to the bank player's account (4/5), Green (3/4) and Bertan (3/5). In contrast, the jazz earned hardly open looks, accordingly, the hosts took only 9 threesters in the first 24 minutes. As a reminder: In the Regular Season, the Jazz 40 tries (!) Per game.
• It swung a little despair at Jazz coach synder when he pulled the ripper in the middle of the third quarter and renounced a center. Paschall is not necessarily a great shooter, but Dallas respected him and opened rooms for Mitchell, who scored 18 points in the third quarter (6/8 FG) and came to the ring again and again. Of course it also helped that adhesives (5) and Dwight Powell (4) sat with foul problems on the bench and operated Dallas with Bertan as a center. Utah scored 40 points (14/18 FG) in these twelve minutes, 20 of which sat in the zone, all 10 litters sat.
• 72 points has now achieved Brunson together in the two wins of the MAVs, with only a single turnover. That was not so often in the playoffs since 1978, except Brunson, this was another Jamal Murray (2020), LeBron James (2009), Michael Redd (2006), Karl Malone (2000) and Michael Jordan (1998).
• In the first two games, the jazz had clearly won the rebound duel, not so in Game 3. That was not even the fact that Utah played smaller, as Dallas also worked outstanding with Gobert on the field on the defensive board. Utah only reached an offensive rebound, at Gobert was a 0. 32:32 finally went out, for Dallas that was a great profit.
• The game was decided on the triple line. Utah sank almost 57 percent out of the field (Dallas: 49), but did 14 ball losses (Dallas: 8) and decelected only nine threes. The MAVs met 18.

Mavs vs. Jazz: The votes to the game

Jason Kidd (Head Coach MAVs): "There is no limit for this team. We kept the nerves and the boys have proven character. We have a great mix. All are happy for the other and that's it What makes this team so special. "

Maxi glue (MAVs): "If you are hot, then you are hot. It felt good to take these litters."

Quin Snyder (Head Coach Jazz): "We continue to have great problems to stay in front of the ball. As soon as the ball comes into the zone, we have big problems."

Rudy Gobert (Jazz): "I liked our second half, especially what we did in the defense. The offense is not the problem, it's about how we can occur back. We can also do that for 48 Minutes? We have to adapt and respond faster now. We can not do that at halftime. "

The star of the game: Jalen Brunson

Ultimately, it was again a team performance of MAVs, in which only Powell dropped a bit, but Brunson was over again. His short middle distance fold were deadly, and the guard showed no fear from Gobert. Utah had no answer to Brunson, who also met the right decision as a playmaker.

The Flop of the Game: The Perimter Defense of Jazz

It was almost a copy of game 2, like Dallas again and again with penetration holes tore. Mitchell, Conley, Clarkson - They all could not keep the guards of MAVs in front of them. That was not playful about wide stretches. Whether the Small Ball Lineup can be the solution without Gobert in the long run remains questionable. Honorable Mention: Royce O'Neade - 2 points, no attempted litter in 32 minutes, but some borderleavy plays off the ball as the elbowbow in the back of Brunson in the first half.

The scene of the game

It was not the game of Spencer Dinwiddie, who booked only one Field Goal in the first half. But then the second half came and the guard probably showed his best play in the athletics since his cruciate ligament injury. With start-up, it went to the zone where Gobert waited, but Dinwiddie showed no fear and grabbed the French to a poster. It was one of these evenings for the Mavs, where seemingly everything wanted to work.

Mavericks vs. Jazz: The series at a glance (2-1)

Game	Date	Time	Home	Away	result
1	16. April	19 o'clock	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz	93:99
2	19. April	2.30 clock	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz	110: 104
3	22. April	3 o'clock	Utah Jazz	Dallas Mavericks	118: 126
4	23. April	10.30 pm	Utah Jazz	Dallas Mavericks	-
5	26. April	3:30 pm	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz	-
6 *	29. April	TBD	Utah Jazz	Dallas Mavericks	-
7 *	1. May	TBD	Dallas Mavericks	Utah Jazz	-

*if necessary

Articles and videos about the topic * Jokic gala too little! Splash Brothers Ballers Warriors to the next victory * Experience the NBA live on Dazn.

Register now! Can be terminated at any time monthly.