Luka Doncic

Luka Dončić had a franchise-record 60 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists in a historic triple-double as the Mavericks rallied for a wild 126-121 victory.

Dallas led for less than a minute of regulation but never trailed in overtime. The Mavericks inserted seldom-used center JaVale McGee for the rebound, and Dallas kept the ball alive on Dončić’s intentional miss. Dallas was down nine with 33 seconds left in regulation before getting even in a back-and-forth sequence capped by Dončić missing a free throw on purpose, ending up with the loose ball on the rebound and hitting a jumper for a 115-115 tie with 1.0 seconds remaining.

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.

He went on a tear in the fourth quarter and overtime, willing Dallas to victory despite the odds. And those odds were steep. The Knicks led by nine points with ...

Doncic set a new career-high in points in the fourth quarter, surpassing his previous high of 51. That’s the most in franchise history. James Harden has the other. But he also put in work on the boards, vacuuming up almost every missed shot that came his way. Doncic went to the free throw line six times, hitting five of them, putting the game away. Doncic has one. Per ESPN Stats and Info, teams that trailed by nine points with 35 seconds or less left in the game were 0-13,884 all-time. Unsurprisingly, Doncic’s numbers were something the NBA has never seen: A simple look at the box score shows that Doncic put up 60 points, 21 rebounds, and 10 assists. [Dallas Mavericks](https://www.mavsmoneyball.com) against a team missing two of their best players turned into one of the most spectacular regular season games in recent memory [as they defeated the New York Knick](https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2022/12/27/23528995/4-things-we-learned-mavericks-knicks-overtime-recap-final-score-126-121)s in overtime, 126-121. He went on a tear in the fourth quarter and overtime, willing Dallas to victory despite the odds. The Knicks led by nine points with 35 seconds remaining.

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 ...

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.

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/).

Luka Dončić put up a historic triple-double in the Dallas Mavericks' thrilling 126-121 overtime win over the New York Knicks on Tuesday.

“Just to be able to stay together and trust, Luka had a big part in that. Give the Knicks credit, they were making a lot of threes that we didn’t think were possible. I mean, it’s just incredible to be in those comparisons and just to be with those guys, at any stage. “But just his competitiveness to win is at a very high level – and you saw that displayed tonight. There’s a lot of things we’ve learned from our losses in close games like this.” As you can see, he’s picking up full-court, we had a big jump ball.

The Mavericks Luka Doncic made NBA history on Tuesday night against the New York Knicks. Drink in the reaction below as fans, members of the media, ...

[February's All-Star game in Salt Lake City](https://www.skysports.com/nba/news/36226/12775014/sky-sports-2023-nba-all-star-predictions-who-will-make-the-starting-five). Doncic did indeed score a monstrous 60-point triple-double, the first of its kind in the NBA. but what I just witnessed from Luka Doncic was one of the greatest individual performances I've ever seen in my damn life!!!! You can believe that the sheer confusion, shock, and wonder at what this Slovenian has achieved today won't be dissipating after an evening or two of NBA action. A first 60-point triple-double in NBA history is one way to cement your position atop the MVP standings and All-Star permutations. The Mavericks' Luka Doncic made NBA history on Tuesday night against the New York Knicks.

Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks went against all the odds on Tuesday night. The Mavs were down 112-103 with under 33 seconds to go, but a heavy dose of ...

Kidd did not finish his thought and he and the reporters in the room burst into a laugh. As a teammate and a coach, that's who you want in that locker room," the coach added. But when it comes to practice..." "We sit here every night and we're lucky," Kidd said. Everyone had a part in making a big play down the stretch." "But he's all about winning. And then coming up with a play to help tie the game," Kidd said of the overtime-forcing play. I think he was next to [Elgin] Baylor and Wilt [Chamberlain], he was in that class. "Everybody's still in shock," Kidd started the post-game conference. It's hard to do." "He's special. The Mavs were down 112-103 with under 33 seconds to go, but a heavy dose of crunch-time execution and some luck paved the way to a [126-121](https://basketnews.com/games/view/109608-dallas-mavericks-new-york-knicks.html) overtime win over the New York Knicks at American Airlines Center.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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if you don’t help off the shooters he’s going to go one-on-one and he’s too big. If you help off the shooters, he’s going to find him... He’s going to figure out how you’re trapping, going to bring you to one side and swing it back the other way and it’s a 4-on-3. He’s making a knack of hitting these clutch shots.” What Luka did is he had so many clutch plays down the stretch. If help off the roll man, he’s going to lob it. The Mavs had no business winning that game. “He [Doncic] scored or assisted on 85 of the 126 points. Nowitzki was a 14-time All-Star and the first European player to start in an All-Star game, the first European MVP as well as the highest-scoring foreign-born player in NBA history. We can’t take him for granted. So hard in fact that Doncic was just the second player in NBA history to score 60 points in a triple-double. “We sit here every night and we’re lucky.

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.