22 three-pointers! The Mavericks won by 50 points, and Doncic created a miracle: 1 statistic became the first in history
On December 7, Beijing time, in the NBA regular season, the Mavericks defeated the Jazz by 50 points 147-97 at home, ending a two-game losing streak. In this game, Doncic scored 40 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists in 14 of 25, and 29 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in the half, which made him the first player in NBA history to score 25+ triple-doubles in the half, and his personal performance was very shining, and Irving also scored 26 points, Hardaway Jr. scored 17 points, and the whole team scored double-doubles, making a total of 22 three-pointers, and the performance beat the Jazz.
In this game, most of the Jazz's main players were rested, and the team's competitiveness was limited, while the Mavericks played all the main players, and in this case, the game also showed a one-sided trend. In the first quarter of the game, Doncic was full of firepower, and he scored 16 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists on 6-of-8 in a single quarter, helping the team score 40 points in a single quarter, leading the Jazz by 11 points.
In the second quarter of the game, Doncic's offense continued unabated, he scored 13 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in 4 of 9, and had 29 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in the half, and he also created a miracle, becoming the first player in league history to score 25+ triple-doubles in half a game. Under his leadership, the Mavericks already led by 23 points in the half, and the advantage was very obvious.
In the second half of the game, there was not much suspense in the game, Doncic scored 11 points again in the third quarter, Irving also scored 10 points in a single quarter, and the Mavericks exploded on a 35-23 offensive run in the third quarter, with a net win of 12 points. After the first three quarters of the game, the Mavericks held a 35-point lead. In the final quarter of the game, although the Mavericks replaced the main lineup, the substitute performance was better, the score gap came to 50 points, and the final score difference in this game was also fixed at 50 points, after losing two games in a row, the Mavericks won a big victory at home, and the performance was very strong.
In the whole game, Doncic only played 32 minutes and got a triple-double of 40 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, and played a 25+ triple-double performance in the half. Doncic's personal data this season is fully capable of competing for MVP, but the team's record is still a little worse, currently only ranked 5th in the West, if he can improve to the top three in the West, while maintaining a 30+ scoring performance, then Doncic still has hope to hit the MVP this season, and he is currently in the prime of form.