Dallas Maverics point guard Luka Doncic scores his third triple-double with 40+ points and joins the select list of NBA legends
Luka Doncicof Dallas Maverics, started the 2022/23 season with everything and, even with few games, has already been showing an amazing pace. This Thursday, the 29th, he played a spectacular game in the victory over Brooklyn Nets by 129 to 125. The Slovenian scored 41 points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists, and became the tenth player in the history of the NBA with at least three triple-doubles with a score of more than 40.
In this way, Doncic joined names like Michael Jordan, Lebron James and Larry Bird, who also had multiple triple-doubles with more than 40 points. Who pulls this statist’s list is Oscar Robertsonbetter known as “The Big O”, with an incredible 22 games beating the mark.
The Slovenian point guard is only 23 years old and can improve his numbers a lot throughout his career. Before arriving in the NBA, Luka Doncic played in the Real Madrid, from Spain, until 2018. Right away he showed that he was different and he didn’t arrive there for nothing and, in 2019, he was elected “Rookie of the Year”, the rookie of the year. He is currently one of the top players in the league.
Playing into overtime to secure victory, Luka led his team to their second win of the season. Evolving more and more, the Slovenian wants to show that he can lead the Dallas Maverics to glory and, in addition to individual performance, wants to seek the league title. To date, the point guard is the player with the best shooting in the NBA, with 73%.
With four games played, Dallas has a 50% success rate and currently occupies 10th place in the Western Conference, led by Portland TrailBlazzerswho won four matches out of five possible.
Source: sportbuzz
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