Luka Doncic had 60 points and 21 rebounds and 10 assists on Tuesday, a stat line never seen before in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. Know more:
Nikola Jokic had Two amazing games without a single dunk.
Doncic and Jokic do it differently. They dominate by making the game get played at their pace. They do what they want, when they want, almost always making the smartest play. Play off them, and they shoot the midrange or the 3. Play up on them, and they’ll use their bulldozing ability to create just enough space for a move or the right pass.
Forget the numbers for a second. Consider how Doncic got Tuesday’s game into overtime. The Mavericks were down by nine with 27 seconds left in regulation. No team in the last 26 years—since play-by-play records of games began getting tracked digitally—had outscored an opponent by nine points in the last 27 seconds of a fourth quarter, according to SportRadar. Down by three with 4.
But he’s obviously earned serious consideration. So has Doncic, obviously. So has Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid, whose monster season so far includes a in November. So has Jayson Tatum, who has Boston looking very much like a team poised to win an 18th NBA championship.
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