NBA: historic, Luka Doncic signs the fourth greatest performance in history against Atlanta

| January 28, 2024 | Sport | No Comments

NBA: historic, Luka Doncic signs the fourth greatest performance in history against Atlanta

Le Slovène a marqué l'histoire de la Grande Ligue. MAXPPP – ERIK S. LESSER

Slovenian Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks scored 73 points in Atlanta (148-143 victory), becoming on Friday the fourth player with the highest score in a single game in NBA history.

The NBA continues to be very very hot this week: after the 70 points of Joel Embiid (Philadelphia) and the 62 points of Karl-Anthony Towns (Minnesota) on Monday, Luka Doncic (73 points) and Devin Booker (62 points with Phoenix) blew up the scorers again on Friday.

In the race for the prestigious MVP title, Slovenian Luka Doncic, just selected Thursday for his 5th All-Star Game, made an impression with a rare offensive performance (73 points, 10 rebounds, 7 passes), surely the "most beautiful" of his career, he admitted.

Only the legend Wilt Chamberlain (with a record of 100 points in 1962), Kobe Bryant (81 points in 2006) – who died four years ago to the day – and David Thompson (73 points in 1978 ), had already done at least as well as Doncic in history.

75% shoot success

During an offensive festival, Doncic shot 25 out of 33 including 8 out of 13 from distance (75% shooting success) and made 15 out of 16 free throws, in 44 minutes on the Hawks floor.

"We've been struggling lately (three losses in a row). The goal was just to win. I pushed, no matter what the opposing defense offered me. In the second half they were defending with two players against me, so I tried to play (his teammates)”, reacted the Slovenian magician, formidable shooter and passer.

At 24 years old, the Slovenian has established himself as one of the best NBA players, where he arrived in 2018 (N.3 in the draft), after dominating the courts in Europe with the Real Madrid jersey when he was not yet an adult. He already held the record for points in a Dallas Mavericks game with 60 points in December 2022.

Mavs coach Jason Kidd hailed an "extra special" from a player who is already "special" regularly. "What he does on the pitch no one else can do. His ability to take shots, to create them, to find outstanding teammates, he did all that at a very high level this evening. He's the game plan."

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