It was a long wait to see Luka Doncic again, especially in a Dallas that was 5-5 in his ten-game absence, but the time came. Small disappointment for being a lackluster match and in which they continue to show deficiencies as a team, great joy to see that they continue to dominate at a calm pace and that a victory necessary for the future is added. Even the balance of the Texans is balanced, now at 18-18. The Mavericks left Oklahoma City with a 86-95 low score win against the Thunder in what should be a new turning point in their season as the main star returned from his first major NBA bump..
“It was hard because the last time I played a five against five was about four weeks ago. Strange feeling, but very happy to be back. It was strange to throw, I did not know if the ball was going to enter or not. There was a shot especially that I thought was getting in and it was an ‘air-ball’. Of course, my chest burned; I think that little by little I will return to my being “, expressed the Slovenian at the end the encounter.
It seems easy to be in the usual numbers if you are Luka Doncic, who playing trantran finished the game with 14 points, 10 assists and 9 rebounds. The numbers come out alone. However, he ran into another foreigner with ease to add to the statistics and in what way. Australian point guard Josh Giddey, also recently released from the coronavirus protocol, led his team with 17 points, 13 rebounds and 14 assists, which means, at 19 years, 2 months and 23 days, surpass the LaMelo mark Ball and become the youngest player in history to make a triple-double in the NBA.