Luka And The Mavs Make Their Move
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🗓️ 6 April 2022
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
After enduring a tough start to the season, the Dallas Mavericks have been one of the hottest teams in the NBA over the last 3 months. Luka Doncic is back to his MVP-level form and with the help of some key additions at the trade deadline the Slovenian star is hoping to reach the second round of the playoffs for the first time in his career. Today, The Athletic’s Tim Cato joins us to talk about how Doncic rebounded from his own early season struggles and just how far this Mavericks team could go in the postseason.
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| 0:32.5 | After a roller coaster of a season, the Dallas Mavericks announced themselves as real NBA |
| 0:37.1 | playoff contenders on Sunday. |
| 0:41.3 | The Dallas Mavericks come into Milwaukee, a brilliant game from Look at Dodgers, 32 points, |
| 0:47.4 | 15 assists. The Mavericks are 33 and 12 in their last 45 games. |
| 0:53.2 | Today, the athletics Tim Kato explains why the Mavericks started the season so slowly, |
| 0:57.8 | but finished so hot. |
| 0:59.4 | The impact of dealing superstar Chris Satsprizingis and just how dangerous they've become. |
| 1:04.6 | I still think that there certainly is stuff behind Phoenix in the Western Conference, but |
| 1:08.8 | at this point, I'm betting that they win their first run series. |
| 1:12.5 | And I'm thinking that, you know, a conference finals run isn't out of the question. |
| 1:16.7 | From Wondering in the Athletic, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky. |
| 1:19.4 | It's Wednesday, April 6th, and this is the lead. |
| 1:24.6 | Tim Kato, welcome back to the lead. |
| 1:26.0 | Hey, how are you? |
| 1:27.0 | I'm doing lovely. |
| 1:28.0 | How are you? |
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