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Latest Sports News: Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard and Paul George show how far the Mavericks have to go – ESPN

Sampson Gaddah
Last updated: 2019/11/27 at 4:01 PM
Sampson Gaddah Published November 27, 2019
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Latest Sports News: Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard and Paul George show how far the Mavericks have to go – ESPN
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    • Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009
    • Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks
    • Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM

DALLAS — Kawhi Leonard mentioned only one name on the opponent’s roster when discussing the LA Clippers‘ dominant defensive effort in Tuesday’s 114-99 win over the Dallas Mavericks.

Granted, Leonard has a well-earned reputation for keeping his word usage to a minimum with the media. But Paul George, his more loquacious Clippers co-star, also only uttered Luka Doncic‘s name when discussing the Mavericks.

“We knew Luka does so much for them,” George said. “He creates offense. He’s a scorer. He rebounds. He does so much for them that we knew we had to wear him down. We had to tire him out.”

One superstar won’t cut it for teams hoping to contend in a Western Conference loaded with dominant duos.

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The Mavericks have those kinds of ambitions a couple of years ahead of schedule because Doncic is already so spectacular, performing at an MVP level as a 20-year-old early in his second NBA season. But those ambitions will be pipe dreams unless Kristaps Porzingis, for the present and future, lives up to his potential and maximum-contract paycheck.

“I’m trying to get there, trying to get there,” Porzingis told ESPN after finishing with 15 points on 4-of-13 shooting in the loss, failing to punish the Clippers for all the attention they paid Doncic. “We’re trying to figure out how to get there. It’s not consistent for myself. I’m trying to find ways where we can have a more or less consistent way of playing.”

It’s premature, to be sure, to jump to any grand conclusions about the 7-foot-3 Porzingis at this early point of the season.

It would have been foolish to expect him to immediately return to All-Star form following the 20-month layoff between game action that he had because of the extended rehab process after he tore the ACL in his left knee in what ended up being his final game for the New York Knicks. That’s especially true given that Porzingis is making the transition to playing in a new system with new teammates, primarily a ball-dominant star around whom the Mavs’ offense will revolve for the foreseeable future.

But Porzingis wants more. He wants opponents to worry about him. He wants to be a name highlighted on the scouting report. He knows that the Mavs need him to consistently command that kind of respect to have a chance to advance past a team featuring Leonard and George or LeBron James and Anthony Davis or James Harden and Russell Westbrook.

As recently as Sunday afternoon, Porzingis looked every bit the part of a co-star. He was an all-around force in the Mavs’ road rout of the Houston Rockets, scoring 23 points on 9-of-17 shooting, grabbing 13 rebounds and wreaking havoc defensively.

Porzingis certainly got off to a promising start against the Clippers, swishing a deep 3-pointer on Dallas’ first possession. He didn’t score again until the final second of the first half, when he drilled a 3 from the half-court logo. It was the only one of his buckets in the game that was assisted by Doncic, who didn’t have much fun as the focal point of the Clippers’ physical defense, having his run of four straight 30-point, 10-assist performances end with a 22-point, 6-assist, 7-turnover night.

Porzingis hasn’t been able to get into a consistent groove as a scorer. He’s averaging 18.3 points, shooting 41% from the field and 37% from 3-point range, all numbers down significantly from his abbreviated All-Star campaign with the Knicks. His partnership with Doncic, which looks

 

 

 

 

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Sampson Gaddah November 27, 2019
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