UNBELIEVABLE NEWS: Mavericks star Luke Doncic decide to leave the team after loosing the championship… So Sad…
Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle scanned the stat sheet and he had trouble deciphering what he was seeing. Doncic’s line against the Sacramento Kings included 25 points, 15 rebounds and a career-best 17 assists.
“These numbers are just crazy,” Carlisle said following Dallas’ 127-123 road win on Wednesday night. “It is hard to fathom. They are trapping him all over the court every time down. He is both beating the traps and playing beautifully out of the traps.”
Superb games have become the norm for second-year star Doncic and he is a prime reason why Dallas have a 26-15 record at the midway point of their schedule.
The only person to find fault with Doncic’s play is the Slovenian star himself. The 20-year-old bemoaned his 0-for-5 showing from three-point range against the Kings.
“Obviously, not as good as I can play. I have to practice those threes,” Doncic told reporters. “They were doubling me every time, and I like it. Basketball is five players so somebody is going to be open if they double me.”
Doncic now gets ready goes up against Portland star Damian Lillard for the second time this season. He had 29 points, 12 rebounds, nine assists and three steals in the October 27 meeting but the Trail Blazers prevailed 121-119 in Dallas. Lillard recorded 28 points and five assists in that Portland win.
Blazers All-Star Lillard scored 25 points on Wednesday night as Portland notched one of their best wins of the season, a 117-107 over the host Houston Rockets.
The Trail Blazers (18-24) held NBA scoring leader James Harden to a season-low 13 points. But despite two consecutive victories, the Trail Blazers are still six games below .500.
