On May 19, 2024, Beijing time, the second round series of the NBA playoffs will be played as usual, the Mavericks narrowly defeated the Thunder 117-116, and Alexander is comparable to Jordan 36+8+2! Doncic beats James 29+10+10! Here are the NBA's key stats and milestones today:
Alexander mileage sad
The Thunder lost 116-117 to the Mavericks, and the series was eliminated by a score of 2-4.
Alexander played 42 minutes in this game, shooting 14 of 25, including 4 of 5 three-pointers and 4 of 7 free throws, and scored 36 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 blocks.
1. Alexander averaged 32.2 points, 8 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 2.3 blocks per game in the six games of this series, becoming the second guard player after Jordan to average 30 points + 2 blocks per game in a single round series.
2. This is the fourth game of Alexander's series to score at least 30 points + 2 blocks in a single game, and he is the first guard in history; He is also the fourth player in history, the first three are: O'Neill (2000/6), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1974/5) and Duncan (2006/5).
Doncic milestone
The Mavericks narrowly defeated the Thunder 117-116 and advanced to the Western Conference finals with a score of 4-2 in the series.
Doncic played 44 minutes in the game, shooting 9-of-15 from the field, including 4-of-6 from three-point range and 7-of-7 from the free-throw line, with a triple-double of 29 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 steals.
1. This is Doncic's fourth triple-double in the playoffs so far, the first in the league.
2. This is Doncic's third consecutive triple-double, the second-longest in history, behind only Chamberlain (1967) and Jokic (2023) with four. It is worth mentioning that both of them won the championship that year.
3. It was Doncic's seventh career playoff triple-double and continues to rank 11th on the all-time triple-double list, ahead of Robertson's eight.
4. This is the fifth time in Doncic's career playoffs that he has scored a 25+ triple-double in a single game, surpassing Harden and Magic (4 times) to enjoy the fifth place in history, behind James (22 times), Jokic (12 times), Westbrook (9 times) and Robertson (8 times).
5. With the addition of 10 assists in this game, Doncic's total career playoff assists reached 329, surpassing Nash (324) to move to second on the team's all-time assists list, second only to Nowitzki's 360.
Doncic beat James in his first 40 playoff games
The Mavericks defeated the Thunder 117-116 and eliminated their opponents 4-2 in the series.
Since then, Doncic has played in 40 playoff games in his career, averaging 31 points, 9.4 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game, shooting 46/35/72% from three-point range
For comparison, James averaged 27.3 points, 8.3 rebounds and 7.3 assists per game in the first 40 games of his career playoffs, shooting 44/29/74% from three-point range
Doncic can be described as a complete victory over the opponent!!