The Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) defeated the Portland Trail Blazers with two star players.Dallas defeated Portland 126-97 with Luka Doncic scoring 41 points in the 2023-2024 NBA regular season held at the American Airlines Center in Texas on the 4th (Korean time).Kyrie Irving also scored 29 points, showing that he has fully recovered from a heel injury.Doncic had already scored 30 points in the first half, swinging the pendulum towards Dallas early on. Portland even resorted to fouling to stop Doncic, but Doncic scored 10 points from 12 free throw opportunities in the first half alone.Irving was sidelined for 12 games due to a heel injury, but returned against the Utah Jazz on the 2nd.Irving and Doncic accounted for 62% of the scores in the first half, rendering Portland’s defense helpless.
The two players sat on the bench in the fourth quarter and watched their team win. In an away game, the Indiana Pacers scored 47 points in the third quarter, defeating the Milwaukee Bucks 142-130 and winning their fifth straight game.Tyrese Haliburton played well with 31 points and 12 assists, and Benedict Matherin helped the team win with 16 points.Indiana met Milwaukee five times this season and recorded 4 wins and 1 loss.Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded 26 points, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists, but was unable to extend the team’s 15-game winning streak at home.The New Orleans Pelicans defeated the Western Conference-leading Minnesota Timberwolves 117-106.Zion Williamson scored 27 points and CJ McCollum scored 24 points to lead the victory.Minnesota struggled with Anthony Edwards scoring 35 points and Karl-Anthony Towns scoring 22 points, but suffered two 카지노사이트킹 consecutive losses for the first time this season.