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Kristaps Porzingis believes that the two-man game between him and Luka Doncic will be ‘pretty hard to stop' for teams facing the Mavs once it develops.
Per Callie Caplan of the Dallas Morning News, Porzingis praised how much attention the opposing defense gives Doncic that he gets so wide open. Conversely, Porzingis also has the capacity to collapse the defense, leaving Doncic and his other Mavs teammates wide open.
“He’s unreal. … He takes so much attention away from me, and I can take some attention away from him, so once we get that two-man game going, I think it’s going to be pretty hard to stop.”
On their win against the Washington Wizards though, Porzingis believes that their two-man games need some improvement. But he knows that they need to undergo a process:
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“Not great, honestly. Luka did a lot of stuff individually for himself. I did some stuff for myself individually, but at the end, we’re going to get to that. We don’t need to rush anything. We like playing with each other.”
Kristaps' take on their two-man game in the opener: “Not great, honestly. Luka did a lot of stuff individually for himself. I did some stuff for myself individually, but at the end, we’re going to get to that. We don’t need to rush anything. We like playing with each other."
— Callie Caplan (@CallieCaplan) October 24, 2019
It's an interesting insight from Porzingis. While most fans were excited about seeing him and Doncic dominate the floor, from his perspective, they still have lots of work to do. This certainly reveals a lot about his attitude — on how he wants this new superstar team up to work. Porzingis doesn't want to rely on individual talent alone. He wants the Doncic-Porzingis duo to work seamlessly as possible.
