NBA: Luka Doncic tries to strengthen the duo with Irving to put LeBron James’ Lakers in check

The Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks will face each other this Wednesday at the Crypto.com Arena in the Californian city at 10.30pm (Argentine time), in a match that promises to be fun, hard-fought, with surprises and a separate duel between the couples on the pitch.

When you talk about irving It is to be expected that there is a problem in the spotlight, but this is not the case because the point guard born in Australia but naturalized American is shining in the Dallas team and has created a fearsome duo with Luca Doncic.

The American and the Slovenian recreate the dangerous couple Pick and roll that was formed Irving himself with LeBron James in Cleveland, for three seasons. This is due to the way the players understand each other on the pitch and complement each other with their different physiques.

Luka Doncic has been compared throughout his career to the man from Los Angeles but it is well known that LeBron is in another league, even though the Dallas player is skilled and is often key to his team.

The Dallas franchise can use the strategy of Pick and roll with Doncic on the field curtain and dragging the marking and Kyrie Irving attacking with the ball, although the most logical thing would be for the game to develop the other way around, taking into account the talent and quality that the Slovenian guard has and demonstrates when he has the ball in his hands.

This laboratory game is widely used by several NBA teams as it has a specific and crucial purpose in offense, that of exploiting the weakest rival player or wearing down the best player.

It will depend on Mav how they will carry out the maneuver to put the defense of the Californian franchise in check, but the objective is clear. Let both Luka and Irving work their magic with ball in hand.

How teams arrive

LeBron’s Lakers just beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 112-105 with James and Davis unstoppable. For their part, the Mavs come to this game after beating the New Orleans Pelicans 125-120, with 42 points from Irving.