At their morning shootaround ahead of Thursday's Game 3, the Dallas Mavericks discussed playing with and without Luka Doncic, defending Donovan Mitchell, and taking away the Utah Jazz's 3-point looks.
scored 32 points in Game 1 and 34 in Game 2, he’s shooting a combined 23 for 59 through the first two games — just 38.9%.“Just trying to make it hard for him. He’s a great player, the best guy on their team. So I’ve got to be dialed in every possession, because he’s involved in their offense all the time,” he said. “Just try to make it hard for him [because] he can do it all — shoot the 3, midrange, get to the rim.
“They’re built on 3s, so if we don’t take the 3 out, it’ll be a long night,” he added. “So we have to focus on taking the 3s away — we’ve done it through two games, and we’ve got another opportunity to do it tonight. We’ll see if we can.”
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