The team with the best performance in the history of the franchise prior to the playoffs lost to the Dallas Mavericks last night in a 123-90 defeat at the Footprint Center, which is home to the Phoenix.
By any angle you look at the game, Luka Doncic was half of the team, at the very least, scoring 35 points delivering 10 assists and being energized at his peak during the entire game 7, in addition to constantly helping his teammates in the defense. It will be the first time since 2011 that the Mavericks land in the Western Conference finals. I guess now we can say it is absolutely true that when Doncic is confronted with the possibility of elimination, his performance sky-rockets, we witnessed that last night.
Spencer Dinwiddie was fine-tuned with Luka scoring over 20 points before reaching half of the game. The technical dominance of the Mavericks was superior in every aspect, from the end of the second quarter it was clear it would be the last game this season for the Phoenix Suns as they were losing 57-27.
Certainly, when this series began, their fans never anticipated that they would lose having a 2-0 lead.
Quite a few comments on social media and news outlets saying that last night, the Suns were simply not the same team as before the playoffs began.
The showdown now is a faceoff between the Mavericks and the Warriors and fans are already anticipating the battle will be between Stephen Curry and Luka Doncic.
What a week for the Western Conference this will be.
