{"id":483944,"date":"2024-06-07T03:31:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T07:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=483944"},"modified":"2024-06-07T03:31:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T07:31:06","slug":"dallas-limited-to-9-assists-must-move-the-ball","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/dallas-limited-to-9-assists-must-move-the-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas limited to 9 assists: \u2018Must move the ball\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/dallas-mavericks\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/dallas-mavericks\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/dallas-mavericks\/\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a><\/a><\/a>&#8216; 4<sup>th<\/sup> possession, the leader of the team, <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/luka-doncic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/luka-doncic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/luka-doncic\/\">Luka Doncic<\/a><\/a><\/a>, tossed a look-ahead pass to P.J. Washington that finished with a dunk. However, that remained the Slovenian superstar&#8217;s lone assist in the match.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mavericks lowest assists in a game this season (including playoffs) &#8211; 14<\/p>\n<p>Mavericks assists total tonight &#8211; 9<\/p>\n<p>The defense is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DifferentHere?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#DifferentHere<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aKCx6EMgJi\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/aKCx6EMgJi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JaylenMuse (@jaylenmuse7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaylenmuse7\/status\/1798910971194597395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mavericks\u2019 entire squad had only 9 assists in the 107-89 defeat against the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\">Boston Celtics<\/a><\/a><\/a>. Dallas had their lowest-notching away game of the playoffs this campaign in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We must move the ball,&#8221; Dallas manager Jason Kidd shared. &#8220;The ball just stuck too much. And we will improve in our next match.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Boston, NBA\u2019s 2<sup>nd<\/sup>-ranked defense this campaign, succeeded in keeping quiet Luka and Kyrie without putting 2 players on them. The Slovenian finished with 30 points but Irving, guarded by Holiday, scored only 12 points.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We played phenomenal individual defense,&#8221; Boston manager Joe Mazzulla revealed. &#8220;Everybody has put their greatest effort into guarding those stars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mazzulla added that his players will continue to take their matchup personal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the Dallas Mavericks&#8216; 4th possession, the leader of the team, Luka Doncic, tossed a look-ahead pass to P.J. 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