Doncic: “It’s incredible to be in comparisons with those guys”
When Doncic set an NBA record with his 60-21-10 triple-double, he made history in more ways than one.
Mavericks star Luka Doncic’s reached several milestones when he hit his historic triple double of 60 points, 21 rebounds, and 10 assists in the Mavs’ overtime win against the Knicks on Tuesday.
1-13,884
That is the new stat Doncic created with his night on Tuesday. In the last 20 years, NBA teams who were down by nine points with 35 seconds left had a record of 0-13,884. The Mavericks were down by nine points against the Knicks with 33 seconds left on the clock. Doncic, who purposely missed a free throw to get the jumper off the rebound and tie the game, changed the aforementioned statistic to 1-13,884. The Mavs won 126-121 in overtime.
“I mean, that was pretty impressive,” said Doncic. “The whole team just kept going. [Teams were] 0-13,000+ games and with 35 seconds [left]. That’s impressive. Everybody just kept it together. We believed.”
Though Doncic remains modest, always giving credit to his teammates, he did reach several milestones on Tuesday. (Stats per Mavs PR)
- Recorded the first 60-point, 20-rebound, 10-assist game in NBA history
- Career-high of 60 points (51 vs. LAC, 2/10/22)
- Career-high of 21 rebounds (20 at SAC, 8/4/20)
- Dallas Mavericks scoring record (53, Dirk Nowitzki vs. HOU, 12/2/04 in OT)
- Tied Dallas Mavericks FGM record (21-33, Mark Aguirre vs. DEN, 3/24/84)
- New American Airlines Center scoring record (57, Steph Curry, 2/6/21)
- Recorded the second 60-point triple-double in NBA history (James Harden vs. ORL, 60p-10r-11a, 1/30/18)
- New Dallas Mavericks record for 50-point games (3rd of career)
- Became the first Maverick with 50+ points twice in 3-game span (50 at HOU, 12/23)
- Became the sixth player in NBA history to record 6-or-more 40-point triple-doubles (Oscar Robertson, Harden, Westbrook, Chamberlain, LeBron James)
- Joined Nikola Jokić (7) atop the 2022-23 triple-double leaderboard