Led by the Slovenian point guard, the Mavs rallied nine points in just 35 seconds! against the Knicks, and he achieved his top scoring record.
For all those who like to enjoy sport, there are few things like sitting down and watching special players, talents who have everything to shine at the highest level and who, match after match, amaze with things that have not been seen before. This is what happened on Tuesday night with Luka Doncic and its Dallas Mavswho took a historic victory against the New York Knicks.
With 26 seconds left in the last quarter, the Knicks had the victory in their crop, with a 9-point lead on the scoreboard, which reflected 103-112 in favor of the visit and was ahead throughout the game. But that was not all. With 4 seconds left on the clock, Dallas cut the lead to 2 units, and Doncic’s magic wand appeared..
With that intrepid and accurate movement, Doncic managed to nail the dagger to the New York team that wanted nothing to know about defining the duel in overtime. In the 5 minutes that extra time grants, the locals did their thing and beat the visit with an 11-6 aggregate, to finally win by 126-121. It should be noted that 13,884 games have gone by in the last 20 years without a team managing to reverse a 9-point deficit in the final 35 seconds of a match. Tremendous!
A historic night for the 23-year-old, who has been playing and breaking NBA records for four years now. He had a great game at the American Airlines Center, which saw him establish the first triple double in league history with a 60/20, 60 points (personal record), 20 rebounds and 10 assists.
Another player who had a great game on the winning team was Spencer Dinwiddie, with 25 points and 6 rebounds. In New York, Quentin Grimes contributed his own with 33 points and Julius Randle signed a good list with 29 points and 18 boards.
In this way Dallas, who inaugurated the statue of his idol Dirk Nowitzki, he is left with a record of 19-16 and chains his fourth victory in a row. Thus, it manages to position itself in the sixth position of the Western Conference, which would classify them directly to the playoffs when the season ends.
For their part, the Knicks are upside down with four consecutive losses and continue to suffer in the clutch, after losing two of those four games in which they had the advantage in the final seconds of the game, against Chicago and now with Dallas. The New Yorkers finished sixth in the Eastern Conference, with a record of 18-17.
