He is 23 years old and has a full, precocious past, full of milestones that any good player would dream of reaching one day in the world of basketball. His horizon in the NBA seems overwhelming, because only a championship title can separate him from the big names in this sport that he is dizzying to mention. However, in the meantime, the present of Luka Doncic, the path that he charts every night in the NBA, is worth following. In the early hours of April Fool’s Day, the Slovenian prodigy signed one of those unlikely nights typical of a homeristic character: with 60 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists Against the Knicks, Doncic became the only player in NBA history to sign a triple double of such magnitude.
But putting aside the numbers, which alone are now in the heavy books of the NBA, what will remain forever in the psyche of those who lived through the game are the last 33 seconds of the fourth quarter. Dallas, in front of their fans and with their arms lowered, was losing by nine (112-103), when a triple without defense, tension or illusion from Wood left them six down. Luka appeared in such a breeding ground to complete his magnum opus. After another three pointer from Dinwiddie, Luka drew a personal free kick with four seconds left and his team was three points down. At the same level of madness as that exhibition from the line of three of Tracy McGradyDoncic hit the first free throw, missed the second, picked up his own rebound and, totally unbalanced, sent the game into overtime.
Until last morning James Harden he had been the only player to surpass historic Chamberlain and Baylor and make a triple double of 60 points (with 10 rebounds and 11 assists), but the umpteenth magical night of the Real Madrid youth squad marks a new milestone in an NBA that tends to surpass their savagery night after night. “I’m very tired, I need a beer,” said the Mavs star, after his new exhibition.
Los New York Knicks They were better in Texas, they moved the ball, dominated the game through their guard Quentin Grimes (33 points) and came close to winning against the Dallas Mavericks, who without Doncic are a minor team. But his presence, his shadow, is too long. With a final dream minute, the Balkan sent a lost game to overtime and, once there, closed a beautiful epic that the city where he shone Nowitzki will not forget (121-126).
This victory settles the Texans in the sixth position in the West in a season of ups and downs and irregularities that Doncic keeps afloat There are better teams than Dallas, whose future in the big rounds of the Playoffs seems illusory. But with Luka, dreaming is easier.
