Dallas coach Rick Carlisle described the first game without top scores Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis as a great challenge. The rest of the Mavericks accepted that challenge. Jalen Brunson scored 27 points in his ninth start of the season, Dorian Finney-Smith matched a career high with 22 points and Maxi Kleber added 18 as Dallas beat the Atlanta Hawks 123-100 in a game between teams with depleted rosters. read more https://www.espn.com/nba/recap?gameId=401161375
Jalen did not play the Summer League in 2018. In his first 8 games as a pro, he was getting consistent minutes off the bench, with an average of around 17 per game, and also starting in a game Dennis Smith didn't play because of an injury. Jalen had a really small role with the team, and played a lot of times without the ball, since the roster already had 3 primary playmakers that had a higher priority than him. So, all we used to see from him were some smart cuts and some nice passes, but nothing really special. And since he was being used more as an off-ball shooter and was struggling to hit shots, he took a less important role as the veteran Devin Harris started to get minutes. 192.168.100.1 192.168.1.1
