The Tank Continues...

The Dallas Mavericks tank continues as they lose to the New York Knicks tonight in a game where the Dallas Mavericks didn't have any of their best players. There was no Anthony Davis, no PJ Washington, no Derek Lively or Daniel Gafford, but they still put up a good fight, still showing that the Dallas Mavericks are a deep team and they have role players that know how to step up. And aside from losing and continuing the tank, Najee Marshall had a career night as well as it was the last night for Kessler Edwards as a Dallas Maverick. So, in this video, we're going to take a look at the box score, go over the game, what looked good, what looked bad, and of course, who stood on business. But how's it going, everybody? My name is Marcel Martin. This is Mavericks Digest, bringing you the latest news on everything Mavericks related. And before we get started with today's video, we are currently sitting at 20,063 subscribers. 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Absolutely amazing. but if you're enjoying everything that we're doing here at Mavericks Digest with our watch-alongs our news vids our giveaways and everything else in between make sure you subscribe so you don't miss out on a single thing that we do but the Dallas Mavericks after a pretty good game yesterday where we got a big win against the Brooklyn Nets Anthony Davis returned we had PJ Washington we had a lot of our other guys and we won in Mavericks fashion however in tonight's game it was the complete opposite we lost in Mavericks fashion we didn't have Anthony Davis as he is yet to start playing in back-to-backs but he will play in Thursday's game against Orlando Magic there's no PJ Washington as he does have a left ankle sprain doesn't seem to be anything too serious so he should be back with within the next several games next two to three games really but the Dallas Mavericks still put up a very good fight in tonight's game we were tied at halftime guys were hitting shots the defense was amazing we had Kai Jones going absolutely crazy in the first half we had Spencer Dinwiddie being Spencer Dinwiddie but in a good way everything was flowing everything was firing on all cylinders he had Najee Marshall having a career night Brandon Williams looking great off the bench as well but then the second half came and things just kind of fell apart the Knicks really did make the right adjustments after halftime and the Dallas Mavericks it looked like we also made adjustments they were all the wrong adjustments the exact way we played in the first half was not the same way that was played the second half we ended up only scoring about 16 points in third quarter and by the fourth quarter the game was already gone the Knicks were up by as much as 20 points at one moment the game was a wash however it did show a lot from the Dallas Mavericks like I said Najee Marshall had a career night was absolutely unstoppable I've said it many times myself that Najee Marshall floater I trust with my life but on top of that we also had Brandon Williams looking like headband Kyrie out there attacking the basket several times looking like an amazing ball handler for the Dallas Mavericks and someone that we may want to give roster spot too but if we take a look at the box score right here kai jones only had nine points one block one steal two assists eight rebounds he shot two of two from the free throw line one of two from three he actually opened the game up with just a wild three which was absolutely amazing and he shot three of six from the floor kai jones honestly you could argue this was his worst game as a maverick as he had about four personal fouls however it was still a good game in my eyes by kai Jones a player who I really do hope we stick to and we hang on to for the foreseeable future and Najee Marshall who had the career night had 38 points one steal one assist seven rebounds shot three of five from the free throw line one of three from three and 17 of 25 from the floor Najee Marshall was unstoppable just bringing the ball down setting up everyone else for plays where ultimately just came back to him and he just drove to the basket floater floater floater it was floating everywhere, floating like a butterfly, stinging like a Najee Marshall or wherever it goes. Najee Marshall was amazing tonight, attacking the basket, doing all the right things, hitting his shots, getting guys open, playing great defense, doing everything that comes with somebody who's nicknamed the knife, the Swiss army knife, able to just pull everything off. And this isn't the only game that Najee Marshall has been playing like this. He's been playing this well over the last several games. The last at least 10 games, Najee Marshall has been absolutely balling out been stepping up big time in the absence of all of our key players which goes to show that come next season Najee Marshall will continue to be a player that we can rely on when things get rough if they even get rough but continuing with the box score Spencer Dinwiddie had 13 points he had two blocks seven assists four rebounds shot three of four from the free throw line two of five from three and four of 11 from the floor but he also had four turnovers Klay Thompson not the best night had six points he had one assist three rebounds two of two from the free throw line 0 of 3 from 3 and 2 11 from the floor just an up and down night from Klay and hopefully that turns around maybe possibly if you want the team to tank then you would hope for Klay to continue to play like this i guess Dwight Powell off the bench had four points two steals three assists and three rebounds Brandon Williams off the bench had 22 points had two steals three assists, one rebound, shot 7 of 8 from the free throw line one of two from three and seven 11 and 7 of 11 from the floor, like I say he looked like headband Kyrie out there, he was attacking the basket hitting his shots, he was playing great defense getting steals, Brandon Williams is slowly but surely becoming a fan favorite and again like Kai Jones, another player that the Mavericks should desperately hold on to in any way shape or form as well as Max Christie, in 31 minutes didn't really have the best game but he played good defense, he had six points one steal two assists one rebound shot 2 of 2 from the free throw line 0 of 2 from 3 but 2 of 5 from the floor and Jaden Hardy don't let the box score fool you because he did have 15 points, 2 steals, 2 rebounds shot 1 of 2 from 3 and 7 of 9 from the floor and you can argue that if not, I mean it is true the majority of his points did come in garbage time in the 4th quarter so even though he had 15 points that 15 really didn't mean much but the Dallas Mavericks even though they lost tonight against the New York Knicks they definitely did play some players did play very well, some stood out, some are showing that they can continue to step up when need be but only one player can stand on business and I think we all know exactly who that player is going to be and that player is Naji Marshall, had 38 points, one steal, one assist seven rebounds, shot 1 of 3 from 3 but 17 and 20, 17 of 25 from the floor and not only did he break his own personal records but he broke some NBA records as well, found himself in some pretty good company. Take a look right here, Najee Marshall went crazy tonight despite the loss, had 38 points, seven rebounds, zero turnovers and shot 17 and 17 of 25 from the floor. Is this right in this right here one of the records that he broke or one of the clubs that he joined and in the play-by-play era since 96 97, Marshall joined Michael Jordan, Kevin Garnett, Chris Webber, Al Jefferson, Byson Dele and Luis Scola as the only players to record at least 28 points and a half while making one or fewer three-pointers and one or fewer free throws. Pure ethical hoops. No spamming the threes. No trying to foul bait, get to the line. Pure floaters. Najee Marshall had an amazing game tonight, but that's not all. Najee Marshall ended the game with a career-high 38 points and seven rebounds at New York. Marshall was averaging 23.5 points while shooting 54% from the floor and 7.8 rebounds in his last 12 games. it just goes to show how deep this Mavericks team really is obviously with injuries some guys are going to play heavier minutes, they're going to do more, we're going to see more of them but it's about what you do with those minutes, we see a player like Jalen Hurry who is getting more minutes but not able to do that much with it but we got someone like Najee Marshall who has a bigger role who's getting more minutes and he's making the most out of it, we are seeing Najee Marshall unlocked, but the last thing I'm gonna show you guys this right here Brandon Williams Kai Jones and Kessler Edwards in their own ways have proven they absolutely belong in the league and I have to absolutely agree the guys definitely stepped up when need be Brandon Williams like I said it's like headband Kyrie out there looking like the point guard that we will rely on next year until Kyrie comes back we got Kessler Edwards who honestly just earned a spot on this team if you ask me he's been playing out of position as a six foot eight center six foot nine center and he's a two-way guy starting playing heavy minutes has been huge for us who has helped us win games who has helped us stay competitive in some games and although Kessler Edwards really didn't have that great of a game tonight that isn't indicative on how good he is as a player and I do believe that he deserves in some way shape or form deserves to stay with this team and then he got Kai Jones just an absolute beast an absolute animal and to think that he could potentially be our third string center alongside Daniel Gafford and Derek Lively where if you really want to you could put Kai Jones along with one of our other bigs out at the same time just to increase the size and the defense is absolutely unparalleled the way that Kai Jones plays the game of basketball as a big man we need to hold on to that we should not let that type of player just walk for nothing but it's going to be a tough decision because not all three players will be able to make it onto the roster on April 10th the Dallas Mavericks will be able to sign one of our two-way guys to the remaining roster spot on April 12th we'll be able to sign two of them due to the pro the pro rate era date being ended whatever that means but either way just know that on april 12th we will we will be able to sign at least two of our two-way guys i think Kai Jones and Brandon Williams either both or one of them will get a roster spot whereas we'll probably try to find a way to keep Kessler Edwards around maybe give another two-way contract if he's eligible but that's all i got for you guys today thank you for watching the video make sure to check out our twitter and discord links in the description below consider becoming a channel member we are doing giveaway every single month on this channel only way to enter our giveaways is to become a channel member of any tier but till next time, y'all take care, drink water, peace.