Luka Doncic was white sizzling on Sunday night time, ending with 47 factors, 12 rebounds and 7 assists because the Dallas Mavericks beat the Houston Rockets 125-107.
Doncic scored 32 factors within the first half on 12-of-18 capturing. He additionally had 22 factors within the first quarter alone as Dallas ended Houston’s 11-game successful streak.
“We had been aggressive,” Doncic mentioned postgame. “They switched, so I believe me and [Kyrie] went to work. All people else was open, so we had been in a position to knock these photographs down.”
Mavericks coach Jason Kidd was glowing in his reward of Doncic after the sport.
“Once you discuss finest participant on the planet, understanding the time and the place we’re within the schedule and this street journey, he got here out and confirmed why he’s top-of-the-line on the planet,” Dallas coach Jason Kidd mentioned. “He set the tone offensively. … He put the ball within the basket, was in a position to learn and play the protection we noticed tonight. It’s as much as him to do his job, and he did it at a excessive degree tonight.”
Kidd additionally spoke about Doncic’s gorgeous underarm lob shot from simply contained in the three-point line.
“To see him do this, I really feel lots of people bought excited, however I believe on the similar time, that’s Luka,” Kidd mentioned. “He’s all the time in a position to make robust photographs. He’s Picasso. Give him the paintbrush, he’s going to do one thing particular. That shot was fairly particular.”
The win lifts the fifth-placed Mavericks to 45-29, degree with the sixth-placed Pelicans. They are going to return to motion after they play the Warriors on Tuesday.
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