On November 4, Beijing time, the 2024-25 NBA regular season continued, and the Dallas Mavericks hosted the Orlando Magic. The Mavericks lost their last home game to the Rockets and are currently in 5th place in the West with 3 wins and 2 losses. The Magic suffered a major blow shortly after the start of the season, with the team's number one star Banchero suspended indefinitely, and the team's form also turned down. Prior to his injury, Banchero was arguably in good shape. In the game against the Pacers, he scored 50 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists. Although the Bulls lost by 3 points in the next game, Banchero also scored 31 points and almost saved the game with a final tie. Without Banchero, the Magic's competitiveness in the East has undoubtedly been greatly reduced.
In the first quarter, the Magic players were in no shape, playing crazy inside and outside, and only hit one 3-pointer. The inside line also played quite hard, bouncing the basket again and again, and the whole team scored 22 points in a single quarter. The Mavericks didn't shoot much from the outside, 2 of 5, focusing on impacting the basket, and the efficiency was quite high, and the whole team scored 30 points in a single quarter. Doncic was full in the first quarter, scoring 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting, along with five rebounds and three assists. At the end of the first quarter, the Mavericks led by 8 points at 30-22;
In the second quarter, the state of the Magic still did not pick up, and they continued to play iron crazily, and the team only scored 18 points in a single quarter. The state of the Magic is like a sudden leaderless, and many of the previous tactics revolved around Banchero, and now they have to adapt again, and the whole team is understandably sluggish. But the Lone Ranger will not have mercy and continues to fire with full firepower. In this quarter, the outside felt warmer, hitting 6 3-pointers, and conceding only 2 on the inside. At halftime, the Mavericks led by 25 points at 65-40, and the biggest margin once went to 29 points. If the Magic didn't have a strong response in the second half, this game would basically be over.
The Mavericks struggled again, but the Magic failed to seize the opportunity to close the gap, and the game gradually turned into garbage time. In this section, the Mavericks hit all 7 outside shots, and the Magic increased their outside shots in the hope of chasing points, but they had no choice but to feel poor and only hit 3 shots. In the competition on the inside, the Lone Ranger won completely. At the end of the quarter, the Mavericks led by 27 points at 88-61.
Doncic played more than 5 minutes in the final quarter and went off the court, and the Mavericks Mingjin withdrew, and the game completely turned into garbage time. The final score was fixed at 108-85, and the Mavericks returned to winning ways, while the Magic suffered a three-game losing streak.
In this game, Doncic turned on the "killing mode", scoring 32 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists on 11-of-22 shooting, Irving 17 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, Klay 9 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists; On the Magic side, there were 3 double-doubles, with Wagner Jr. scoring the most, scoring 13 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, and the other players basically scored less than 10 points.