The NBA has
yet another history to record following Mavericks 142-94 victory against Golden
State Warriors on Wednesday.
It is no the
points that will go on record, but Luka Doncic game exit with a few minutes
left in the third quarter, playing only 25 minutes, 30 seconds, the least
playing time in NBA history by a player to produce a 30-point triple-double.
The Slovenian
struck up the exhausted Golden State Warriors for 35 points, 10 rebounds and 11
assists in the Mavs’ 142-94 win.
The points
comes barely a week after Doncic’s 42-point triple-double in Monday’s home win
over the San Antonio Spurs, which made him joine LeBron James as the only
players in NBA history to score 40 points in a triple-double before their 21st
birthday.
“Look,
he’s a very special player on a special roll. There’s not much else to say.,”
said Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle.
The Wednesday
game marks Doncic’s seventh triple-double of the season for the 9-5 Dallas Mavericks.
ESPN sports
writes that this is the most by a player in the first 14 games of the season
since Oscar Robertson had 11 in 1961-62.
Robertson
had been the youngest player to record back-to-back 35-point triple-doubles as
a 22-year-old, but Doncic is yet to turn 21 by February 28, 2020.
