For Luka Doncic, it was the game after. What performance was he going to achieve after a historic performance with 60 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists against New York? It would necessarily be less extraordinary, but the Slovenian nevertheless kept a very high level.
Against the Rockets, he has indeed compiled 35 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds. It’s one more triple-double, and one more quality performance.
“When you are a witness, when you are part of such a performance and when you talk about the story like Luka did, it’s easy then to stay in the same vein and watch again”, points out Jason Kidd for the Dallas Morning News. “But the others have to raise their level because we can’t just rely on him. Can’t wait for him to do anything special. There is a responsibility for the other players to do their part of the job. »
The coach was heard since Luka Doncic’s teammates brought their stone to the building in the victory against Houston: Christian Wood scored 21 points, Dwight Powell 19, Tim Hardaway Jr. 18, Spencer Dinwiddie 15.
“Preparing to play it is a nightmare”
Jason Kidd’s troops particularly ran and played the transition, scoring 25 points on the counterattack. The Texans notably took advantage of Luka Doncic’s “quarterback” passes, after a defensive rebound, to score easy baskets.
“For some reason, Davis Bertans is one of Doncic’s favorite receivers,” notes Jason Kidd for the official Texas franchise website. “Dwight Powell was also very good at 8/8 shooting and he received long passes. »
Former Dallas assistant Stephen Silas, who knows Luka Doncic well, could only see the damage against the second leading scorer (tied with Joel Embiid) and fourth passer in the league.
” It’s incredible “, says the Rockets coach. “He’s never taken so many free throws in his career and that helps his scoring. His passing has always been the thing that separated him from the rest. But now, in addition to assists, he scores a lot. It’s a nightmare to prepare to play it. »
| Luka Doncic | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2018-19 | DAL | 72 | 32 | 42.7 | 32.7 | 71.3 | 1.2 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 21.2 |
| 2019-20 | DAL | 61 | 34 | 46.3 | 31.6 | 75.8 | 1.3 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 28.8 |
| 2020-21 | DAL | 66 | 34 | 47.9 | 35.0 | 73.0 | 0.8 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 27.7 |
| 2021-22 | DAL | 65 | 35 | 45.7 | 35.3 | 74.4 | 0.9 | 8.3 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 28.4 |
| 2022-23 | DAL | 32 | 37 | 50.6 | 35.5 | 74.1 | 1.0 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 33.6 |
| Total | 296 | 34 | 46.3 | 33.9 | 73.8 | 1.0 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 27.2 | |
