Luka Doncic He never tires of seeing his name in the headlines alongside stratospheric numbers and NBA records. He does it almost daily. And all in order to carry the Dallas Mavericks as high as possible. Only in this way, from the hand of the Slovenian star, the Texans have chained three consecutive victories and seven in the last 10 games for overtake the Lakers in fifth place in the West after beating the Washington Wizards by 125-124.
A crash decided at the last second thanks to a Dorian Finney-Smith basket, but in which the proper name, one more night, was that of the former Real Madrid player, who once again gave away a total basketball exhibition to also prevail in the individual duel against Russell Westbrook and Bradley Beal.
Doncic he activated superstar mode from the first second of the crash and ended up making the appointment into Mavericks history. The Balkan became the first player in franchise history to finish a game with a triple-double with 20 assists after signing 31 points (12 of 23 in field goals), 12 rebounds and 20 basket passes, thus achieving his best mark in the NBA.
In addition, Luka managed to inscribe his name next to that of some of the best point guards of all time and became the fourth player in history to achieve a triple-double with at least 30 points and 20 assists. Figures that until now had only achieved Oscar Robertson, Magic Johnson y Russell Westbrook.
Precisely the point guard was the best of the Wizards (tenth in the East with three wins ahead of the Bulls) with 42 points, 10 rebounds and nine assistswhile his partner Bradley Beal scored another 29 goals that they were in nothing before the exhibition of a Doncic that has thrown to the Mavericks when they needed it most and that they begin to move away from the play-in zone.
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