Luka Doncic, Tyler Herro named Players of the Week

Grimes has learned the main difference between Irving’s and Doncic’s brilliant styles is that Irving aggressively pushes the pace to utilize his speed. The movement is quick. Meanwhile, Doncic prefers to control the pace and be methodical, patiently creating advantages by making the defense commit to specific rotations and understanding how the play will develop. “Kyrie pushes the pace—he’s super fast and quick. Luka is more decisive, kind of likes to slow the game down, lull guys to sleep,” Grimes detailed to Sportskeeda. “Luka will hit you at any time on the court, so you just have to stay ready. Kyrie will push the ball up, and he’ll go to work. Once you get a feel for their styles, it makes it easier to get into a rhythm.” -via SportsKeeda / December 9, 2024

For Grimes, the transition took a little bit of time. Joining a team with superstars like Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving requires learning their timing and rhythm, especially with Doncic missing the whole preseason due to injury. However, once that occurs, the game becomes much easier for everyone on the floor. ““It only took me a couple games, especially since we didn’t have Luka for preseason and training camp, to get a feel for them,” Grimes told Sportskeeda. “Both have an insane amount of skill and can dominate at any time.” -via SportsKeeda / December 9, 2024

The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Toronto Raptors, and Luka Doncic stole the show with an impressive 30-point triple-double. The Slovenian star achieved his 79th career triple-double, moving past Wilt Chamberlain and James Harden on the NBA’s all-time list into seventh place. “That’s an incredible feat for Luka,” Dallas’ head coach Jason Kidd said of Doncic’s move past Chamberlain and Harden. “When you talk about his skill set, filling up the stat sheet, he’s had two here, he can run them off. We always expect him to have a triple-double or sometimes take him for granted for triple-doubles. I think right now you can see that he’s starting to get into a groove.” -via EuroHoops.net / December 8, 2024

Bam Adebayo scored 25 points, Jimmy Butler added 24 and the Miami Heat moved back over the .500 mark by beating the Phoenix Suns 121-111 on Saturday night. Adebayo finished with 12 rebounds and eight assists for the Heat (11-10). Duncan Robinson scored 19 and Tyler Herro added 17 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for Miami, which outscored Phoenix 68-53 after halftime. -via Las Vegas Sun / December 7, 2024

As Heat guard Tyler Herro went nuclear, hitting seven straight 3-pointers in the third quarter of a 134-93 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday, it dawned on L.A. coach JJ Redick just how lost his team has become. “We’re having trouble right now on both ends with, like, base-level game-plan stuff,” Redick said after the Lakers lost for the sixth time in the past eight games. “It’s odd. It’s very odd.” -via ESPN / December 5, 2024

StatMuse: Tyler Herro against the Lakers: 31 PTS (21 in 3Q) 5 REB 11-19 FG 9-16 3P +30 Leading the Heat in scoring this season. pic.x.com/04TKgZmH22 -via Twitter @statmuse / December 4, 2024