![]() ![]() It was still a ridiculous long shot that the Mavericks would pull out a win.Ĭhristian Wood (19 points) and Spencer Dinwiddie (25 points) both hit three-pointers during the late run. We believed.”īut the Mavericks went on a 12-3 run as they played the foul game, got a little help with a couple of Knicks miscues and got the gap down to 115-112 when the Knicks fouled Luka with 4 seconds remaining before he could get off a potential tying three-pointer. “That was really impressive,” Dončić said. According to ESPN Stats and Info said that NBA teams trailing by nine points or more with under 35 seconds to play had a 0-13,884 record over the last 20 years. The Mavericks were behind by nine points with 33 seconds to play and the game had all the appearances of a goner. Dirk Nowitzki had 53 points in an epic shootout against Tracy McGrady in 2004.īut it was a missed shot that was his play of the game. They unveiled a statue on Christmas of the guy whose Mavericks’ scoring record Luka broke Tuesday. Dončić joined James Harden (60 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists in 2018) as the only players in history with a 60-point triple-double. It’s the first time in NBA history that any player has had a 60-20-10 stat line. The 60 points are a Mavericks’ franchise record and the most ever at AAC, breaking Steph Curry’s record of 57 in 2021. He finished with 60 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists. ![]() We were reminded, however, to never tell Luka Dončić the odds.Ī heavy dose of crunch-time execution and a dash of luck at the end got the Mavericks to overtime and they then were able to grind out a 126-121 victory over the Knicks at American Airlines Center.ĭončić had a career night, which is saying a lot, given his career. ![]() When the Mavericks were down 112-103 with under 33 seconds to go Tuesday night, their chances of beating the New York Knicks were too tiny to calculate. ![]()
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