With Doncic's magical performance, the Mavericks defeated the Suns 128-114 in the Christmas game to make it two wins in a row and give the Suns a third straight loss.
Both sides have a superstar player absent today, namely Irving and Beal, Doncic led the team alone, facing the two superstars of Durant and Booker, it can be said that he won the game, playing 43 minutes, shooting 15 of 25, 8 of 16 three-pointers, 12 of 12 free throws, and 50 points, 6 rebounds, 14 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks.
This is Doncic's first 50+ score this season, after his previous season high was 49 points, just one point shy of 50+. Doncic hit eight three-pointers today, tying Mills' record for the Christmas game, and Grayson Allen hit eight three-pointers today.
Doncic also became the fourth player to score 50+ in the Christmas game, alongside Bernard King, Chamberlain, and Rick Barry. At the same time, Doncic is also the second player in history to record 50+ double-doubles in the Christmas game after Chamberlain in 1961. Doncic not only scored 50+ today, but also reached the milestone of 10,000 points.
In the first half of the game, Mavericks star Doncic played 20 minutes, shooting 7-of-13, 4-of-8 three-pointers, and 6-of-6 free throws, scoring 24 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists. Prior to today's game, Doncic was just 11 points away from reaching the 10,000-point milestone. Doncic became the sixth player after James, Durant, Kobe, Anthony and Maddy to score more than 10,000 points before the age of 25.
While Doncic isn't the youngest active Mr. 10,000 points, compared to James and Durant, it took him just 358 games to reach that milestone, which allowed him to surpass James' record of 368 games and become the fastest active player to score 10,000 points.
In history, Doncic has 10,000 in 358 games, which is also tied with Bob McAdoo and tied for the seventh fastest in history. And in front of Doncic, there are some god-level figures in ancient times, namely Chamberlain (236 games), Jordan (303 games), Elgin Baylor (315 games), Abdul-Jabbar (319 games), Robertson (334 games), George Gervin (355 games), Kobe, James, Durant, Iverson These super scorers were all compared to Doncic.