Luka Dončić was on fireplace Friday night time at State Farm Area.
The Dallas Mavericks star poured in a career-high 73 factors to steer his staff to a 148–143 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. Dončić additionally chipped in 10 rebounds and 7 assists whereas capturing 25-of-33 from the sphere.
Dončić broke the Mavericks’ single-game scoring report with the 73-point flurry, besting a 60-point efficiency by himself towards the New York Knicks in December 2022.
It was tied for the fourth-highest scoring effort in NBA historical past, trailing solely Wilt Chamberlain (100 factors), Kobe Bryant (81 factors) and Chamberlain once more (78 factors). Dončić is the tenth participant in league historical past to attain 70 or extra factors and the fourth to take action within the final 12 months.
Fellow Mavs legend Dirk Nowitzki was watching the sport and weighed in on social media:
Luka 🔥🔥🔥
— Dirk Nowitzki (@swish41) January 27, 2024
Golden State Warriors ahead Draymond Inexperienced, who as soon as named Dončić as his favourite participant to observe except for teammate Steph Curry, chimed in as properly:
Luka Unreal 😱😱😱😱! They traded Luka proper?
— Draymond Inexperienced (@Money23Green) January 27, 2024
They positive did, Draymond. The Hawks drafted Dončić with the No. 3 decide within the 2018 NBA draft however traded him to the Mavericks that very same night time.
The remainder of the NBA world joined Nowitzki and Inexperienced of their amazement:
You simply must know how one can defend Luka. Pressure him tohis left and get “proper up on him”. That’s the important thing. You’ll maintain him to 72 factors each single time.
— Colin Cowherd (@ColinCowherd) January 27, 2024
There have been two 70-point video games throughout the final 5 days: Joel Embiid on Monday & Luka Doncic tonight.That is the shortest time between such occurrences in NBA historical past. The earlier shortest was a 14-day span (Nov. 3-16, 1962 – each by Wilt Chamberlain. pic.twitter.com/M0AMWj20gI
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) January 27, 2024
Luka Doncic tonight: pic.twitter.com/3Daz0UaTpj
— NBAĆentel (@TheNBACentel) January 27, 2024
I do know he was flabbergasted that Luka dropped 73 https://t.co/NiYElwUGxU pic.twitter.com/mqsrWb1D5d
— NBA College (@NBA_University) January 27, 2024
Luka Devin Booker get 62 in a loss whereas he will get 73 in a win pic.twitter.com/9RhQcxQRyV
— Complicated Sports activities (@ComplexSports) January 27, 2024
Anyone going to attain a 100 earlier than the season over!
— DeMar DeRozan (@DeMar_DeRozan) January 27, 2024
Rattling I miss Protection within the NBA
— Paul Pierce (@paulpierce34) January 27, 2024
