HALLELUKA: Luka Clinches All-NBA 1st team. 4th in 5 years

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I am really grateful the Mavs are 6-3 right now.

In the 311 minutes that Luka has been on the court this season the Mavs are getting outscored at a rate of 11.4 pts. In the 121 minutes he has been on the bench the Mavs have been outscoring their opponents at the rate of 13.0 pts.

It is pretty incredible the team is 6-3 with Luka's lineups getting outscored so badly.

Four other players have also played in Lukas lineups missing open shots. It's a team game. If they made the shots, the teams stats as well as Lukas would look different. The paint would not have been clogged but defenders stretched out to limit the 3 ball. And we would be 9-0 and not 6-3.

EDIT: Yesterdays game shows more what happens when the other four make their shots. Luka wins games.

In addition, if they start to make them better, even at an average rate of the league, the double teams will naturally be forced to decrease, the paint will then clog less, and naturally Lukas scoring under the rim will go up. As long as the other four miss open shots, there is no need to cover the 3, and they can clog the paint and double. The paint has been clogged by additional defender most of the games so far with nothing in return.