Luka Doncic

2022 - 12 - 28

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Luka Doncic destroys Knicks in unprecedented fashion: Seven ... (CBSSports.com)

That last number is per our CBS Sports research department. Game Score reflects the full box score in identifying the best single-game performances. Here are ...

But this goes beyond the numbers. Everyone on the planet, in fact. On a night when That's the number of games in which a team led by at least nine points with 35 or fewer seconds remaining coming into Tuesday. The most points Wilt ever scored in a game in which he also tallied 20 rebounds was 53. Game Score reflects the full box score in identifying the best single-game performances.

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Mavericks' Luka Doncic sets career high with 60-point triple-double ... (The Athletic)

Luka Doncic set a career high in points on Tuesday night, scoring 60 in a triple-double against the New York Knicks.

When the Knicks went up by nine points with 33 seconds remaining, it was Doncic’s and-one putback — up to 50 points — that brought Dallas back within a one-shot game. Doncic was in the midst of having a great game, just like he normally does. He joins [James Harden](https://theathletic.com/nba/player/james-harden-xj359Qh34ugWFbVp/)as the only two players to record a 60-point triple-double, adding 21 rebounds and 10 assists. Doncic’s 142 points over his last three games are the most over any three-game span in Mavericks history. - The Mavericks erased a nine-point deficit with three minutes to go. [NBA](https://theathletic.com/nba/)player this season to score at least 60 points.

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NBA players react to Luka Doncic's historic 60-point triple-double ... (NBA.com)

Luka Doncic went off for a historic triple-double (60 points, 21 rebounds, 10 assists) in the comeback win over the Knicks in overtime. Dallas Mavericks ...

[December 28, 2022] Doncic was 21-for-31 from the field and 16-for-22 from the line while topping Dirk Nowitzki’s previous franchise record of 53 from Dec. Doncic notched the first 60-point, 20-rebound triple-double in league history as he led the Mavs to an epic [comeback victory](https://www.nba.com/game/nyk-vs-dal-0022200512) over the Knicks.

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'Not of this earth': Luka Doncic records the first 60/20/10 game in ... (Sportsnet.ca)

Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic put up 60 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists Tuesday night, the first 60/20/10 game in NBA history.

We may never see a stat line like that again for some time, or possibly ever. He also told the reporter that he "need[s] a recovery beer." [Dallas Mavericks](/basketball/nba/teams/dallas-mavericks/)' [Luka Doncic](/basketball/nba/players/luka-doncic/1121277) is one of the top players in the NBA.

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Doncic has 60-21-10, rallies Mavs to wild OT win over Knicks (TSN)

Quentin Grimes scored a career-high 33 points and Dallas native Julius Randle had 29 points and 18 rebounds for the Knicks, who lost a fourth consecutive game ...

The rematch in Houston is Monday. Dallas led for less than a minute of regulation but never trailed in overtime. The young Slovenian had his seventh triple-double and the league's highest-scoring performance of the season. “I need a recovery beer.” “A lot of people asked me about this back in the locker room, and I said I thought we won it,” Doncic said. “I know it was two seconds or something," Doncic said. I thought we won the game, and then I see it’s tied. “I thought we were playing well,” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said. Brunson missed his first game of the season in his first visit to Dallas, where the point guard spent his first four seasons before signing with the Knicks in free agency last summer. The teams combined to miss the first nine shots of overtime, all the points coming on free throws before Doncic hit a jumper for a 122-117 lead with 1:08 remaining. Luka Doncic had a franchise-record 60 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists in a historic triple-double, including the tying basket off his intentionally missed free throw to force overtime as the Dallas Mavericks rallied for a wild 126-121 victory over the New York Knicks on Tuesday night. Doncic had a franchise-record 60 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists, including the tying basket off his intentionally missed free throw to force overtime, as the Mavericks rallied for a wild 126-121 victory over the New York Knicks on Tuesday night.

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Luka Doncic's historic 60-point triple-double lifts Mavericks past ... (Yahoo Canada Sports)

Doncic's statline is impressive enough. He scored a career-high 60 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists. It was a franchise scoring record and it made Doncic the ...

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Mavericks star Luka Doncic posts historic triple-double in historic ... (NBA.com)

Doncic tallies the first 60-point, 20-rebound triple-double in NBA history as the Mavs pull off a rally not seen in at least 20 seasons.

[December 28, 2022] Doncic went to the line with 4.2 seconds remaining and the Mavericks trailing by three.

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Un triplé historique avec 60 points de Doncic (RDS)

Luka Doncic est le premier joueur de l'histoire à amasser 60 points, 21 rebonds et 10 aides en un match dans une victoire de 126-121 en prolongation des ...

Les Mavericks ont comblé un retard de 9 points avec 1 minute à écouler à la rencontre et Doncic a envoyé le match en prolongation de façon spectaculaire. Il a disputé les quatre premières saisons de sa carrière avec les Mavs après avoir été repêché en deuxième ronde en 2018. Lui et James Harden sont les seuls à avoir réussi un triplé avec 60 points.

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NBA : Luka Doncic inscrit 60 points et réussit un triple-double avec ... (L'Équipe.fr)

Luka Doncic a été fabuleux lors de la victoire des Dallas Mavericks sur les New York Knicks (126-121 a.p.), mardi en NBA. Le joueur slovène a inscrit 60 ...

Les Knicks ont perdu pour la quatrième fois de suite et sont sixièmes de la conférence Ouest. Du côté de New York, Quentin Grimes (33 pts, record en carrière) et Julius Randle (29 pts) ont brillé, mais en vain. Et, à 30 secondes de la fin, New York comptait encore neuf points d'avance (112-103).

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Le MVP de la nuit | Luka Doncic écrit une nouvelle page d'histoire ! (BasketUSA)

NBA - À l'issue d'un comeback invraisemblable face aux Knicks, le Slovène est devenu le premier joueur de l'histoire à poster 60 points, 20 rebonds et 10 ...

Il croit qu’il peut gagner tous les soirs. Ses Mavs et lui ont dû patienter les cinq minutes supplémentaires de la prolongation avant de célébrer pour de bon. Je suis allé vers la foule comme ça (bras levés) et je pensais qu’on avait gagné. Je ne sais pas qui a touché le ballon, JaVale ou C-Wood. « Je ne sais pas, on a eu un peu de chance. Un panier à 3-points de Christian Wood, un rebond offensif loin du cercle transformé en « putback » avec la faute pour le Slovène, puis un autre panier primé de Spencer Dinwiddie ont permis à Dallas de revenir à une possession (112-115) avec quatre secondes à jouer. « 9 sur plus de 13 000 matchs à 35 secondes de la fin, c’est impressionnant. Avec neuf points d’avance à 33 secondes de la fin (103-112), les Knicks n’avaient en théorie aucun moyen de perdre cette rencontre à Dallas. Cette page d’histoire ne se résume pas à cette seule ligne de statistiques. — Center Il lui a fallu 47 minutes pour atteindre cette barre des 60 points (21/31 aux tirs dont seulement 2/6 de loin et 16/22 aux lancers-francs), son record en carrière, complétée par 21 rebonds (record en carrière également) et 10 passes décisives. [Face aux Knicks](https://www.basketusa.com/news/679496/stats-highlights-cinq-a-la-suite-pour-denver-luka-doncic-historique/), le Slovène a écrit une nouvelle page d’histoire que même le légendaire Wilt Chamberlain n’avait pas dans ses livres.

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NBA - Inhumain, Luka Doncic lâche l'une des plus grandes ... (Parlons Basket)

Luka Doncic vient tout juste d'écrire l'histoire de la NBA avec une performance jamais vue. Personne n'a réussi à une telle ligne de stats...

Un match pour l’histoire : voilà comment résumer la performance de Luka Doncic. Record de points en carrière. Il est temps de parler de sa ligne de statistiques. Pourtant, les Texans avaient 3 points de retard à quelques secondes de la fin, moment choisi par Luka Doncic pour se présenter sur la ligne des lancers. À la maison, Dallas s’est imposé contre New York avec un peu de difficulté. Ce mardi soir, contre les Knicks, Luka Doncic vient tout juste d’écrire l’histoire de la NBA avec une performance jamais vue.

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Doncic has first 60-20-10 game in NBA history, rallies Mavs past ... (TSN)

The Mavericks moved three games over .500 with a fourth consecutive victory, both marks matching their season bests. Quentin Grimes scored a career-high 33 ...

The rematch in Houston is Monday. Dallas led for less than a minute of regulation but never trailed in overtime. The young Slovenian had his seventh triple-double and the league's highest-scoring performance of the season. “I need a recovery beer.” “A lot of people asked me about this back in the locker room, and I said I thought we won it,” Doncic said. “I know it was two seconds or something," Doncic said. I thought we won the game, and then I see it’s tied. “I thought we were playing well,” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said. Brunson missed his first game of the season in his first visit to Dallas, where the point guard spent his first four seasons before signing with the Knicks in free agency last summer. The teams combined to miss the first nine shots of overtime, all the points coming on free throws before Doncic hit a jumper for a 122-117 lead with 1:08 remaining. Luka Doncic had a franchise-record 60 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists in a historic triple-double, including the tying basket off his intentionally missed free throw to force overtime as the Dallas Mavericks rallied for a wild 126-121 victory over the New York Knicks on Tuesday night. Doncic had a franchise-record 60 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists, including the tying basket off his intentionally missed free throw to force overtime, as the Mavericks rallied for a wild 126-121 victory over the New York Knicks on Tuesday night.

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How Luka Doncic and Mavericks overcame a nine-point deficit in ... (CBSSports.com)

Mathematically speaking, the odds of a Knicks victory were north of 99 percent. Historically, their hopes were even dimmer. Over the past 20 seasons, teams ...

So Doncic essentially needed to throw the ball off of the rim in a way that his teammates could feasibly rebound. For a missed free throw to be legally rebounded, it needs to hit the rim. As the Knicks learned on Tuesday, holding Doncic off for 47 minutes is no longer enough. Even after he makes the first free throw, with only 4.2 seconds left on the clock, the game is essentially over. He flies in off of Hardaway's miss, makes the putback, and draws the foul in the process. Doncic wins the tip but passes the ball to Hardaway, who misses a 3-pointer. However, the pass is close to enough to the sideline that Dinwiddie can use Doncic as an impromptu screener. The final seconds are ticking away, and with no timeouts, New York knows it can foul Doncic into two free throws rather than allow him to attempt a 3-pointer. The [New York Knicks](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/NY/new-york-knicks/) led the [Dallas Mavericks](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/DAL/dallas-mavericks/) most of the way, and with 33.9 seconds remaining, Deuce McBride made two free throws to push New York's lead up to 112-103. [Christian Wood](/nba/players/2198707/christian-wood/) takes the ball down the court. Dallas has no timeouts, so Doncic has to get the ball up court quickly. He passes it to [Tim Hardaway Jr](/nba/players/2067672/tim-hardaway-jr/).

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Luka Doncic has 60-21-10 triple-double to rally Mavs to OT win (ESPN)

Luka Doncic had the first 60-point game in Dallas history and the first 60-20-10 game in NBA history as the Mavericks rallied for a wild OT victory over the ...

"I'm tired as hell," Doncic said with a wide smile during the Mavs television broadcast's on-court interview at the end of the game. Doncic was 21-of-31 from the floor and 16-of-22 from the free throw line. That is the most points he generated in any game of his career, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. But you can't keep fouling a guy and give 22 free throws up." 30, 2018, win over the [Orlando Magic](/nba/team/_/name/orl/orlando-magic). Dallas became the first team in at least two decades to pull out a victory after trailing by at least nine points in the final 35 seconds. "He is monster player," Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said of Doncic. Doncic has scored at least 50 points in two of the past three games, hitting the marker in Friday's road win over the Rockets. "The whole team just keeps going. "I thought we won the game," Doncic said. "To do something that's never been done before, that's hard to do," Mavs coach Jason Kidd said. After a quick roll, he hopped back onto his feet and did an impromptu dance to celebrate, chopping his feet while frantically waving his hands up and down.

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Luka Doncic Has 60 Points, 21 Rebounds and 10 Assists (The New York Times)

The Mavericks rallied to beat the Knicks in overtime as Doncic rewrote the N.B.A. record books with a 60-point triple-double.

It was the first 60-point game of the N.B.A. Basketball Reference gave the performance a “game score” of 56.3, the best in the league since Harden’s game and the Three of the four 50-20-10 games in N.B.A. At 23 and in just his fifth N.B.A. The Knicks led the game by 9 points with 42 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, but Doncic helped lead a Mavericks comeback that forced overtime. It was the first 60-point game in Mavericks history, surpassing a 53-point game by Dirk Nowitzki in 2004. Doncic’s 60-21-10 line in the Mavericks’ 126-121 overtime victory against the Knicks in Dallas was the first in N.B.A. His teammates made 23 baskets in total, and Doncic assisted on 10 of them. season, surpassing Joel Embiid’s 59 for the Philadelphia 76ers in November. The other highest point totals with 20 rebounds and 10 assists all came more than 50 years ago: Wilt Chamberlain’s 53-32-14 in 1968, Elgin Baylor’s 52-25-10 in 1961 and Chamberlain’s 51-29-11 in 1963. No player since the 1960s had tallied 50 points, 20 rebounds and 10 assists in an N.B.A. On Tuesday night, Luka Doncic reached that total and kept right on going to 60 points.

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Luka Doncic destroys Knicks in unprecedented fashion: Seven ... (CBSSports.com)

Doncic recorded the first 60-point, 20-rebound, 10-assist game in NBA history.

But this goes beyond the numbers. Everyone on the planet, in fact. On a night when That's the number of games in which a team led by at least nine points with 35 or fewer seconds remaining coming into Tuesday. The most points Wilt ever scored in a game in which he also tallied 20 rebounds was 53. Game Score reflects the full box score in identifying the best single-game performances.

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Luka Doncic had an iconic response when asked about his 60-point ... (GolfDigest.com)

With just over 33 seconds remaining on Tuesday night, the Dallas Mavericks trailed the New York Knicks by nine. It was done and dusted. Game, set, match.

His recovery beverage of choice is a lager. But you are never truly out of it when facing the New York Knickerbockers, and the Mavericks game roaring back to tie the game on a ludicrous Luka Doncic intentional-missed-free-throw-fadeaway at the buzzer. He’s a little out of shape.

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Mavericks' Luka Doncic records historic triple-double in overtime win ... (The Globe and Mail)

Doncic had 60 points, a Dallas franchise record, a career-best 21 rebounds and 10 assists in a wild 126-121 overtime victory over the New York Knicks on Tuesday ...

“Everybody is still in shock,” coach Jason Kidd said after the game. “It’ll be another statue in Dallas,” Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett wrote on Twitter. Porzingis referenced their shared playing roots in Spain, with a tweet in Spanish that translated to “This guy is not normal.”

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Luka Doncic (Dallas Mavericks) : « C'est juste incroyable » (L'Équipe.fr)

Premier joueur de l'histoire de la NBA à réaliser un triple-double avec au moins 60 points et 20 rebonds, Luka Doncic est revenu sur sa performance en ...

Luka a fait quelque chose qui n'a jamais été fait auparavant. Je veux dire que c'est juste incroyable d'être dans ce genre de comparaisons. [Dallas Mavericks, après la victoire de son équipe face aux New York Knicks, 126-121 a.p.)](/Basket/Actualites/Luka-doncic-inscrit-60-points-avec-les-dallas-mavericks/1371853) : « Je ne savais pas quoi faire.

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Luka Doncic historique dans sa Luka 1 (BasketSession)

La Luka 1 a donné une fois de plus sa pleine mesure la nuit dernière lors d'une performance historique, et sur un coloris inédit.

Son premier modèle signature que nous avions testé il y a quelques mois de cela, a donc été plus que performant, qui plus est dans un coloris inédit noir et volt qui lui donne des airs de colorway Galaxy que l'on aime tant, avec pour compléter une étiquette en cuir réfléchissant sur la languette. Il y a des soirs comme ça où l'on est touché par la grâce et où tout vous réussi. Et pour cela, il a juste eu besoin d'un peu de talent et de la Luka 1.

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How Luka Doncic and the Mavericks overcame a nine-point deficit ... (CBSSports.com)

Mathematically speaking, the odds of a Knicks victory were north of 99 percent. Historically, the Mavs' hopes were even dimmer. Over the past 20 seasons, teams ...

So Doncic essentially needed to throw the ball off of the rim in a way that his teammates could feasibly rebound. For a missed free throw to be legally rebounded, it needs to hit the rim. As the Knicks learned on Tuesday, holding Doncic off for 47 minutes is no longer enough. Even after he makes the first free throw, with only 4.2 seconds left on the clock, the game is essentially over. He flies in off of Hardaway's miss, makes the putback, and draws the foul in the process. Doncic wins the tip but passes the ball to Hardaway, who misses a 3-pointer. However, the pass is close to enough to the sideline that Dinwiddie can use Doncic as an impromptu screener. The final seconds are ticking away, and with no timeouts, New York knows it can foul Doncic into two free throws rather than allow him to attempt a 3-pointer. Dallas has no timeouts, so Doncic has to get the ball up court quickly. [Christian Wood](/nba/players/2198707/christian-wood/) takes the ball down the court. He passes it to [Tim Hardaway Jr](/nba/players/2067672/tim-hardaway-jr/). He gets the jump-ball call.

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Un véritable coup de génie de Luka Doncic en fin de match pour ... (Balle Courbe)

Luka Doncic a connu un match tout simplement exceptionnel, mardi soir. L'étoile des Mavericks de Dallas est devenu le premier joueur de l'histoire à réussir ...

Après la rencontre, Doncic n’avait même pas réalisé qu’il avait réussi 60 points. Deux des 60 points de Doncic ont particulièrement retenu l’attention. [December 28, 2022]

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60-21-10 triple-double stat line for Mavs' Luka Doncic goes viral (Corvallis Gazette Times)

Luka Doncic's unreal stat line on his latest triple-double went viral after the Dallas superstar scored 60 points and had 21 rebounds and 10 assists.

There’s also a slew of new or rebranded ones announced Tuesday -- Hakeem Olajuwon (defensive player of the year), John Havlicek (sixth man), Wilt Chamberlain (rookie), and George Mikan (most improved). No, this is not a conflict for Jordan even though he owns the Charlotte Hornets. A new trophy this year is the Clutch Player of the Year, named for “Mr. "Everybody is still in shock," coach Jason Kidd said after the game. It doesn’t seem right that David Stern — the league’s commissioner for 30 years, Silver’s predecessor and mentor and one of the people who basically helped saved the league from financial peril in the 1980’s — doesn’t have a trophy bearing his name. Russell died earlier this year.

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Luka Doncic Back in Driver's Seat For NBA MVP Race? (Sports Illustrated)

Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic is very much back in the MVP race after recording the NBA's first 60-20-10 game amid a four-game win streak.

[Click Here.](http://dallasbasketball.com/) [BetOnline.ag](https://www.betonline.ag/sportsbook/futures-and-props/nba-player-futures/nba-regular-season-mvp), the latest MVP odds feature Doncic in the top spot with +260 odds. [Dallas Mavericks](https://www.si.com/nba/mavericks/news/luka-doncic-jason-kidd-dallas-mavs-history-60-recap-score-knicks) had hovered around the .500 mark often in the month of December, but they are beginning to create some separation amid a four-game winning streak. The Mavs are 19-13 in games that Doncic actually plays. Doncic is averaging 33.6 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 8.8 assists on the season after his historic performance. A lack of team success has diminished his candidacy compared to his peers.

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Luka Doncic thought his crazy shot to tie Knicks was actually a game ... (CBSSports.com)

No worries, Doncic (who had a historic, 60-point triple-double) eventually finished off New York in OT.

He is a magician, and the Knicks simply found themselves as a prop in his historic show. So when I went to the crowd like this, I thought we had won the game. Or, the Knicks are the only team to fumble away such a lead. It went like this: With Dallas trailing by three, Doncic went to the the free-throw line for a pair of shots. HE THOUGHT THEY HAD WON THE GAME 😂— mike taddow (@MikeTaddow) [Luka Doncic](/nba/players/2900426/luka-doncic/) made basketball magic Tuesday night, [ becoming the first player in NBA history to record a 60-point, 20-rebound triple-double](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/luka-doncic-destroys-knicks-in-unprecedented-fashion-seven-numbers-to-know-from-mavs-stars-historic-night/) with a 60-21-10 line that might honestly never be topped.

Luka Doncic has 60-21-10 triple-double to rally Mavs to OT win (ABC News)

"To do something that's never been done before, that's hard to do," Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said. "There's been some great players before him. Elgin Baylor ...

[James Harden](https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3992/james-harden)'s 60 for the [Houston Rockets](https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/hou/houston-rockets) in a Jan. "I'm tired as hell," Doncic said with a wide smile during the Mavericks television broadcast's on-court interview at the end of the game. He scored 38 points after halftime as the Mavericks rallied from a deficit that was as large as 12 points to beat a Knicks team that didn't have point guard 30, 2018, win over the [Orlando Magic](https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/orl/orlando-magic). That is the most points he generated in any game of his career, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. But you can't keep fouling a guy and give 22 free throws up." "He is monster player," Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said of Doncic. Dallas became the first team in at least two decades to pull out a victory after trailing by at least nine points in the final 35 seconds. Doncic has scored at least 50 points in two of his past three games, hitting the marker in Friday's road win over the Rockets. "The whole team just keeps going. "I thought we won the game," Doncic said. After a quick roll, he hopped back onto his feet and did an impromptu dance to celebrate while frantically waving his hands up and down.

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Slovenian brewery steps up to provide Luka Doncic's 'recovery beer ... (The Japan Times)

Doncic said he needed a 'recovery beer' after scoring 60 points, grabbing 21 rebounds and recording 10 assists against the Knicks.

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Luka Dončić, NBA history and trying to make sense of greatness: Cato (The Athletic)

The most points ever scored in a game by a Dallas player. The unbalanced game-tying shot to force overtime off his intentional free throw miss. The soft-arcing ...

It’s just that he can’t explain it any more than the rest of us, and so he doesn’t try. At another point, he admitted he had briefly stopped to watch NBA TV, some television screen located between his 100-foot walk from the locker room to the interview room that was talking about him and the very greatness he had just manifested just minutes prior on a court that was already being taken apart by stadium workers. That’s when he realized that his performance had briefly aligned with Hall of Fame players like Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor, and that he had then surpassed them on this individual night. “Just enjoying the sport,” he said to conclude his answer. And while we understand that the Dallas Mavericks beat the Dončić isn’t being obnoxiously humble when he declines to explain why he achieved greatness on this night. His boyish face and jovial expressions — just consider how he reacted to his game-tying shot, which he admitted he thought was the winning basket for a brief moment — might make you think that he’s pretending to not know how good he really is. But no one — not any player who has ever played in this league, in any league game that has ever been played — has scored at least 60 points and snared at least 21 rebounds and dished at least 10 assists. We want to understand and — because, quite honestly, we can’t — we want to be helped to understand. The most points ever scored in a game by a [Dallas](https://theathletic.com/nba/team/mavericks/) player. And so when, on a Tuesday evening in Dallas, an extraordinary person does something that interrupts that mundane, we ask him to explain what has happened. When we see it, when we learn of it, when we realize it’s happening before our eyes, we want to think there’s a why.

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