The MVP of the night | Luka Doncic writes a new page of history!

” I’m seriously tired I need a beer to recover! With such a performance at this stage of the year, Luka Doncic would rather deserve a good glass of champagne. Facing the Knicks, the Slovenian wrote a new page of history that even the legendary Wilt Chamberlain did not have in his books.

Never had a player scored 60 points, grabbed at least 20 rebounds and distributed 10 balls in the same game. It took him 47 minutes to reach this 60-point mark (21/31 on shots, including only 2/6 from afar and 16/22 on free throws), his career high, supplemented by 21 rebounds (also a career high). ) and 10 assists. Only James Harden, in 2018, had ever posted a triple-double while scoring 60 points.

No chance of winning!

By scoring as much, the playmaker also seized the franchise record, held so far by Dirk Nowitzki (53 units) and even that of the American Airlines Center. ” Everyone is still in shock. He is special. The game’s story is written by the players and it’s been written again tonight “says Jason Kidd.

This page of history is not limited to this single line of statistics. His personal achievement was established against the backdrop of an equally crazy match. With a nine-point lead with 33 seconds remaining (103-112), the Knicks theoretically had no way of losing this game in Dallas. According to stats quoted by Mavs.comsuch a score configuration was systematically synonymous with defeat: 0 wins and more than 13,000 losses!

” 9 in over 13,000 games with 35 seconds left is impressive. Everyone remained united, we believed in it “Describes Luka Doncic, who believed in it more than the others. A 3-point basket from Christian Wood, an offensive rebound away from the circle transformed into a “putback” with the fault for the Slovenian, then another award-winning basket from Spencer Dinwiddie allowed Dallas to return to possession (112-115) with four seconds to go.

On the throw line, Luka Doncic returned the first then voluntarily missed the second, before returning a miraculous shot, throwing himself on the ground after the rebound captured, to equalize. ” I don’t know, we were a bit lucky. We brought in a JaVale (McGee – who hadn’t played so far but struggled on that offensive rebound), all cold. He did a good job. I don’t know who touched the ball, JaVale or C-Wood. But I think it had to happen. »

He thought he had won too soon…

It was here that the Slovenian launched into a funny celebration, jumping on the spot, which had no place to be… “ I was asked a lot about it, I thought we had won. I went to the crowd like this (arms up) and I thought we had won. Then I see that there is a tie… »

He and his Mavs had to wait the extra five minutes of overtime before celebrating in earnest. A victory snatched from talent and with all the aggressiveness of the phenomenon, which ends with… 74 evaluation. ” This boy never gives up. You can see it. He continues to play and his teammates have not given up. Everyone played a part in making a big end to the game “Notes Jason Kidd so as not to forget the others.

But it is difficult for him not to return to his star player.

“ We sit here every night and we’re lucky. People get what they pay for when they come to see him play. He does the show. But what matters to him is winning. He believes he can win every night. As a teammate and coach, that’s what we want in the locker room “, ends the coach.