NBA When Doncic is not enough


Luka Doncic is in 2020 at a stratospheric level. The numbers say so, but their statistics contrast with the results of the Mavericks: three losses, the last against the Nuggets (106-107), and two victories. Waiting for the results of the second wave of votes for the Party of Stars to be known today, Doncic continues to collect impossible numbers (27 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists last night), but his team away from the highest zone of the Western Conference.

The Slovenian was left without scoring in the last quarter against the Nuggets. He is the top scorer of the League in the first quarter, but yesterday in the decisive minutes he went blank. Nikola Jokic, yes another Balkan, was the decisive player of the game with 33 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists. Juancho Hernangómez was in charge of the work of intendencia and in 12 minutes he added 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Scottie Pippen, who was a squire of Michael Jordan, says Doncic "is ready to win the ring." The issue is that in Dallas for now he lacks the necessary help and that his start of the year keeps him in the race for the MVP. He reached the game against the Nuggets with an average of 35 points in the last four games. In that period he had not dropped 30 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists. Before Denver he loosened something and the Mavericks fell. It is true that no player in the history of the League accumulates more double triples than him with more than 30 points, that no one in the Texas franchise reaches its 11 double triples that already adds this year in one season, but ... Behind his 27.6 points, 9.7 rebounds and 9 assists he signs per night there is evidence: 19/56 in triples in 2020 (33.9 percent) and this year he is throwing just over 25 shots every game. The Mavericks are sixth in the West (23/14) and in the last ten games their balance is 5/5.

The duel of the day was lived in Atlanta with historical records for Trae Young and James Harden. The second-year Hawks player and who will be Doncic's rival in the triple contest scored 42 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists. The response of "The Beard"? 41 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for the victory to go to Houston. Never in a game two players from different teams had signed double doubles with those figures, although the shooting percentages were well below 50 percent.

Results: Orlando Magic, 123-Washington Wizards, 89; Boston Celtics, 114-San Antonio Spurs, 129; Indiana Pacers, 108-Miami Heat, 122; New Orleans Hornets, 110-Toronto Raptors, 112; Dallas Mavericks, 106-Denver Nuggets, 107; Atlanta Hawks, 115-Houston Rockets, 122; New Orleans Pelicans, 123-Chicago Bulls, 108; Utah Jazz, 128-New York Knicks, 104 and Golden State Warriors, 98-Milwaukee Bucks, 107.

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