Doncic made 25 of his 33 field goals, including eight of 13 on three-pointers, adding 10 rebounds and seven assists. Doncic’s previous career best was 60 points, scored in December 2022 against the New York Knicks.
Doncic set the new record for points in Dallas Mavericks history and the fourth-best performance ever in the NBA, behind Wilt Chamberlain (100 points), Kobe Bryant (81) and Chamberlain again (78).
The absolute record was set in 1962 by Chamberlain, who would also score 78 points in 1961. Bryant scored 81 points on a glorious night in 2006 at Madison Square Garden against the New York Knicks.
Doncic’s score is tied for fourth with David Thompson’s, set in 1978, and two others by Chamberlain, both from 1962.
Only fifteen times in the history of the American league has a performance of this level been recorded and it is also the highest scoring record this season.
The 24-year-old Slovenian scored 18 points in the first period (8 of 11 from the field), 23 in the second (8 of 10), 16 in the third (4 of 4) and 16 in the fourth (5 of 7). .
Doncic, who became a father for the first time a few months ago, had a great moment of form on a personal level. Against the Phoenix Suns, he had 34 points, eight rebounds and nine assists in his team’s loss.
The Slovenian led the Mavericks to victory in Atlanta, where the Texans ended a streak of three consecutive defeats.
The Mavericks’ second-best scorer was Josh Green, with 21 points. Kyrie Irving, in turn, was out for the second straight game.
Source: El heraldo
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