On December 26, Beijing time, in the NBA year-end battle, the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Phoenix Suns 128-114 to win two consecutive victories, while the Suns swallowed three consecutive defeats. The Mavericks led by 12 points in the first quarter, and once led by 15 points in the first half, and in the third quarter, the Suns Allen exploded to complete the overtake, and Doncic took over the game in the final quarter and quickly overtook and locked up the win.
Doncic was quite explosive in the first quarter, scoring 17 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal on 5-of-6 in the single quarter, 3-of-4 three-pointers, and 4-of-4 free throws, and he also completed the 10,000-point mark in his career.
After a four-minute break in the second quarter, Doncic hit another three-pointer, and then missed all three, scoring 7 points and 4 assists on 2-of-7 shooting in the single quarter, 7-of-13 in the half, and 4-of-8 from three-point range to finish with 24 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 steal.
In the third quarter, the Mavericks were all dumb except for Doncic, and the Suns were more flowering, Allen made four three-point shots to help the Suns achieve overtake, and in the third quarter, Doncic was 5 of 6 in a single quarter, 2 of 3 three-pointers, scored 14 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, and 38 points, 10 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks in the third quarter, but the Mavericks were overtaken.
In the final quarter, Doncic's two three-pointers chased only 1 point to stop the Suns, Doncic assisted Lively again and pulled it to 9 points after a dunk, and the Mavericks opened up to more than 10 points after Durant lost, and then the game came to an end. Doncic finished the game with 50 points, 14 assists, 6 rebounds, 4 steals and 3 blocks on 15-of-25 shooting and 8-of-16 three-pointers.
Doncic set a number of records in this game:
1. The fastest player to reach the 10,000-point mark in active service is 10 games faster than James' 368 games;
2.358 completed the 10,000-point milestone in history, tied with McDoudou for the seventh fastest in history, surpassing Rick Barry;
3. The first player in the class of 2018 to complete the 10,000-point mark;
4. The sixth youngest 10,000-point player in NBA history, second only to James, Durant, Kobe, Anthony, and Maddy;
5. Doncic became the sixth player in Mavericks history to score 10,000 points;
6. Doncic is also the second-fastest player in history to reach 10,000 points + 2,500 rebounds + 2,500 assists;
7. Doncic completed his sixth 40+ of the season;
8. Eight three-pointers chased Mils for the most in a single game in the Christmas game;
9. At least 24+8 assists in the half of the last five seasons, Doncic has taken the lead 4 times;
10. Doncic's 50 points are already ranked third in the history of the Christmas game, compared to Barry;
11. Doncic completed the sixth 50+ in his career, which is also a new scoring high this season;
12. Doncic became the first Christmas player in NBA history to score 50+14+8 three-pointers;
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream