Lightning struck Gotham. Even the wildest imagination of a Marvel creator wouldn’t have known how to stop this villain. A blond from Ljubjana that the recent weeks seemed to have exhausted. It was finally nothing. The Knicks are down. The sky has fallen on their heads.
Mass is said and it is historic. This night theAmerican Airlines Center won a page of history – the most inspired will extend to the chapter – in his life book, including Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Kidd, Michael Finley and the others « grands Mavs » ensured the writing over many years.
This time it’s different.
More than 52 years after Wilt Chamberlain and his 53 points, 32 rebounds and 14 assists, Luka Doncic restores his letters of nobility to the triple-double: 60 points at 21/31 shooting, 21 rebounds, 10 assists and an oh so unexpected victory, scratched at the finish, while the Knicks led 112 to 103 with 28 seconds remaining. Owls mocking customers than New Yorkers, sticking the choke on their backs looks tedious. It was a choke, there are no other words, a very badly managed end to the game and hasty offensives. But fate placed on their path the only player capable, at this moment, of making this poor management a success in choke. 15 seconds from the end of the 4th quarter, the chubby Ljubjana laid a 2 + 1 on offensive rebound. Not his register at all. But this is not enough. 4 seconds from time, Luka Doncic only has one free throw to shoot and his team is still trailing by two points. How to proceed ?
Luka Doncic career-high 53 point triple-double, and then does this.https://t.co/pU9Em4dJRC pic.twitter.com/eiku0RTA8g
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) December 28, 2022
Like that.
From an inspiration, from a stroke of genius as much as from fate (how does the ball come back to him in the sacred hands?), Luka Doncic asserted his nickname of Luka Magic. Never seen. The NBA sphere thrives on superlatives, sometimes (often) to excess. It’s in the DNA of this League to constantly talk about records, statistics and achievements, at times at the expense of the purest aspect of the game. good at basketball, threw it in a dish and baked it at 210°C for 47 minutes. Victory after exhaustion. The glances for the partners (we almost forget that 10 passes is great). Leadership taken to the extreme. A fourth victory in a row which, suddenly, goes a little under the radar. Dallas is doing better and needed a boost to get out of the soft underbelly of the Western Conference. In addition to the insane figures, the context improves the performance.
Coming out of a very good season 2021-22 ended on the penultimate step of the Playoffs, the Mavericks needed to raise their heads. Curtly. Certainly. The message got through, the others contenders know about it, now it’s time to get a good Despe. Yes Yes.
The reaction of Doncic after his game with 60 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists?
” I’m exhausted. I need a beer to get over this. »
— TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) December 28, 2022