The Mavs do not win and Luka Doncic raises his voice

The Mavericks lost again, this time for the second time in front of the Utah Jazz on three nights, and star-studded quarterback Luka Doncic made no secret of his frustration at Dallas’ bad streak.

Doncic scored 25 points and Jalen Brunson had 13 for the Mavericks (8-11) on Friday, who have lost four in a row.

“Terrible … I’d say right now it seems we don’t care, honestly, whether we win games or not. We just have to have more energy and more effort.”, Doncic declared.

“There really isn’t much to say. I’ve never felt that way. We have to do something, because that doesn’t look good. We have to step forward and talk to each other and play much better than that. It’s mostly effort, ”he added.

Weakened by multiple injuries and virus absences this season, the Mavs acknowledged the lack of chemistry after Wednesday’s loss to Utah, but also said they are not playing hard enough. Once again, the Mavericks were one step slower to lose balls and rebounds in the game.

“I thought we played harder. We just didn’t play well at first. Look, the offensive rebounds they got, that was a big, big problem. And that’s attention to detail. That wasn’t good. “, said Dallas coach Rick Carlisle.

The Jazz kept the Mavericks 19-3 on shots by 12 points, the lowest of the season, in the first quarter. In one stretch, the Jazz stole the ball in three consecutive Dallas possessions.

By halftime, the Mavericks reduced the lead to 61-45 thanks to Doncic’s 17 points in the first half.