39 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists! Just today, a 40-year-old NBA record was broken by Doncic
SJ Sports Circle
2024-04-10 11:23Published in Hunan
On April 10, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Dallas Mavericks went to challenge the Charlotte Hornets away. The Mavericks are on a winning streak and need more wins to fight for playoff home-court advantage. From the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the Mavericks were on fire, scoring 36 points in a single quarter and taking a huge lead of 18 points. In the second quarter, the Hornets fought back, and the Mavericks always responded, extending the margin to 22 points at halftime. Yibian fought again, and the Mavericks firmly controlled the situation on the court, and the point difference remained around 20 points. It wasn't until the third and fourth quarters of the rotation that the Hornets seized the opportunity of the Mavericks' laxity to chase the difference to 10 points at one point. However, Doncic and Irving stepped up to stabilize the situation for the team. In the end, the Mavericks beat the Hornets 130-104.
The Hornets are an out-and-out slump team, with a roster of talent and depth that is not on the same level as the Mavericks. In the face of the menacing Mavericks, the Hornets fell into a comprehensive disadvantage on both offensive and defensive ends. At the end of the game, the Hornets were completely blown up by the Mavericks 39-55 in rebounding, and 8-16 in the frontcourt rebounds were completely blown out by the Mavericks. With rebounding as a guarantee, the Mavericks shot 3-pointers with crazy confidence, hitting 17 of their 50 three-pointers, compared to the Hornets' 32 shots and hitting 10, far inferior to the Mavericks' efficiency and production. The Hornets suffered a complete blow up inside and outside, even though Miller and Bridges combined to score 43 points + 11 rebounds + 7 assists + 4 steals, the Hornets still couldn't escape a 26-point defeat.
The Mavericks easily won a big victory, and Doncic played a great credit! After the whole game, Doncic played 34 minutes, 13 of 25 shots (8 of 17 three-pointers), 5 of 7 free throws, 39 points + 12 rebounds + 10 assists + 1 block, and the plus/minus value on the court was as high as +22. In the first quarter of the game, Doncic was full of firepower, scoring 21 points + 7 rebounds + 2 assists in a single quarter, scoring more than the entire Hornets team (18 points). Doncic was not only able to play a team by himself, but he was also able to feed his teammates, and Gafford was the biggest beneficiary, scoring 26 points on 12-of-12 shooting from the field, tying his career scoring record. Doncic, meanwhile, broke a number of NBA records, including an NBA record held by Harden and a 40-year-old NBA record.
According to the NBA's official website, this is Doncic's 21st triple-double this season, the third-most in the league, behind Sa Jr. (26) and Jokic (25). At the same time, it was Doncic's 77th career triple-double, tying Harden for the eighth-most in NBA history and just one short of Chamberlain, who is seventh (78). In another statistic, Doncic has scored 2,341 points this season, breaking the franchise record set by Aguirre in 1983-84 (2,330). Over the past 40 years, the Mavericks have had no shortage of top scorers like Dirk, but he hasn't been able to accomplish such an achievement, which is enough to show how difficult the record is. This is Doncic, young and promising, the sky is the limit!
Mavericks coach Kidd bluntly said in an interview: Doncic's performance is always unbelievable, and he will rewrite the Mavericks team history and NBA records! However, Doncic seems very flat about this, he said in an interview: It was the Mavericks who chose me, they trust me very much, I am very happy to play for the Mavericks, which means a lot to me! After this game, the Mavericks' record has reached 49-30, ranking fifth in the West, only 1.5 wins behind the Clippers (50-28) who are fourth in the West. Doncic is expected to continue to work hard to lead the Mavericks to continue the Northern Expedition and attack the home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. If Doncic can do it, he's the regular season MVP in my mind! What do you think about this?