On January 18, Beijing time, in the Lone Ranger's 2-point narrow victory over the Thunder, Doncic certainly only had a crosshair of 4 of 17, especially 0 of three points, but he frantically made fouls to win 14 free throws and 12 of them, contributing 20 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists and 3 front-end blocks, leading the team to win the victory.
Facing the core battle with Alexander's new generation of point guards, Doncic was completely destroyed by Alexander on the offensive end, and Beijing Alexander gave 11 of 18 crosshairs extremely efficient, compared to 4 of 17 on the swing. The two men were about as powerful as they broke through, with Doncic making 12 of 14 free throws and Alexander 11 of 12 from 12, scoring 14 points at 20-34.
However, Doncic grabbed a game-high of 11 rebounds, delivered a game-high of 12 assists, sent a game-high of 3 steals, and sent three blocks to the second highest in the whole game. Doncic still insisted on playing in the case of a weak foot, and also activated the Lone Ranger 6 to score in doubles to win.
Doncic used this match to hit the top double again, and he set a number of records:
First, Doncic completed his fifth triple-double of the season, ranking fifth in the league, behind Jokic and Westbrook with nine triple-doubles, and Murray and Harden both having seven triple-doubles.
Second, Doncic completed the 41st career triple-double, ranking 11th in history, only two triple-doubles away from the previous star Lafayette Liver.
Third, Doncic's 41 triple-doubles are the first in the history of the Lone Rangers, surpassing the record of 40 triple-doubles of the rest of the players in team history.
Fourth, Doncic reached the second-fastest in 41 triple-doubles in 227 games, behind Oscar Robertson in just 93 games.
Doncic led the Lone Ranger to a wave of 3 consecutive wins, and the last 10 games have won 9 wins and 1 loss, ranking first in the league in the same period, but also allowing the Lone Ranger to improve his record to 25 wins and 19 losses, ranking 5th in the West, so that Doncic is expected to sprint to the All-Star starting spot.
(Text/Drunken Floating Life)