Slovenian Luka Doncic made history (Getty)
Slovenian star Luka Doncic grabbed the spotlight in Wednesday’s dawn competitions League American basketballbecause he scored an unprecedented historical record in the game of his team the Dallas Mavericks against the rivals New York Knicks after the extension in the exciting confrontation.
The Dallas Mavericks surpassed the New York Knicks (126-121), and superstar Luka Doncic made a historic “Triple-double”, scoring 60 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists in the game, and became the first player in history of the NBA to record this score (10 or more in three statistical categories).
Doncic (2.01 m) also became the second player after James Harden to score 60 points in the “Triple Double”, as the latter had 60 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists in 2018 when he was then defending Houston colors Rockets.
Doncic had two personal bests in his professional career with 60 points and 21 rebounds on his way to his seventh “Triple Double” this season, significantly contributing to his team’s fourth straight win and 19 in 35 games so far, and consolidating its position at the sixth place in the western region.
In a second matchup, the Washington Wizards team stopped its host, the Philadelphia Seventy Sixers, and inflicted its first loss in eight straight games when it defeated them (116-111), managing to get its second victory straight, and his 14th in 35 games thus far.
The Wizards owe their victory to Latvian Christaps Porzingis, who in turn responded with a “double-double” with 28 points and 12 rebounds and Bradley Bell, author of 19 points, and the Boston Celtics, leader of the eastern region, continued the their revival by getting their third straight win after 3 straight losses, when they defeated the host Houston The Rockets (126-102), which is the 25th win for the Boston Celtics, second in last season, compared to the 10 losses in the best record so far in this season.
As usual, the Celtics were able to count on Jaylen Brown, author of 39 points, Jason Tatum, author of 38 points, and Robert Williams, author of 11 points and 15 rebounds, at a time when the Los Angeles Lakers, who lost 4 straight since Anthony Davis injured his foot, he breathed a sigh of relief with the precious win at the Orlando Magic (129 – 110).
