{"id":13478,"date":"2023-12-07T08:39:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T05:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/13478\/luka-doncic-has-first-half-triple-double\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T08:39:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T05:39:48","slug":"luka-doncic-has-first-half-triple-double","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=13478","title":{"rendered":"Luka Doncic has first-half triple-double in Mavs&#8217; blowout of Jazz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luka Doncic has first-half triple-double in Mavs&#8217; blowout of Jazz\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>DALLAS &#8211; Luka Doncic had 40 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists playing just three periods and recorded the first first-half triple-double of his career in the Dallas Mavericks&#39; 147-97 victory over the Utah Jazz Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Doncic recorded his 60th career triple-double to pass Larry Bird and become sole possession of ninth overall in his career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPretty amazing,\u201d said Doncic, who wore a thin headband for the first time just days after becoming a first-time father.  &#8220;I honestly don&#39;t know what to say. We all know who Larry Bird was, so this is pretty special.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Doncic shot 14 of 25 from the floor, 6 of 12 from 3-point range.  He played 32 minutes, slightly above his per game average.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLuka set the tone with that, knocking down shot after shot after shot&#8230;after shot after shot after shot,\u201d said Tim Hardaway Jr. \u201cI thought he was going to go 50-20-20.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#39;s Choice<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Doncic entered the final 1:30 of the second quarter with 29 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists.  He grabbed a rebound with 1:11 left following a missed free throw by Keyonte George.  Twelve seconds later, he threw a pass inside to Derek Lively II, whose dunk produced his 10th assist.<\/p>\n<p>With real-time stats on the players on the court displayed on <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/video\/\"   title=\"video\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">video<\/a> boards at the American Airlines Center, the crowd followed Doncic&#39;s progress and erupted in cheers after Lively&#39;s dunk.  It was the first 25-point first-half triple-double in NBA history.<\/p>\n<p>Doncic admitted that he, too, was aware of his numbers in the final minutes of the half.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was going for the [assist on the] last basket,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>It was the Mavericks&#39; highest-scoring game this season and two points shy of their highest-scoring game ever in regulation.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas&#39; 52-point lead in the final minutes was one point shy of the franchise record set in November 2014 in a 123-70 victory over Philadelphia.  The Mavericks shot a season-high 55.4 percent from the floor.<\/p>\n<p>They entered the game leading the NBA with an average of 15.9 3-pointers per game and made 22 of them on 49 attempts.<\/p>\n<p>For the Jazz, this ties the franchise&#39;s second-worst loss behind only a 56-point loss to Milwaukee (158-102) in March 1979.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an absolutely terrible performance,\u201d Jazz coach Will Hardy said.  \u201cIt seemed like the Mavericks were moving at a different pace than us from <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/start\/\"   title=\"start\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">start<\/a> to finish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doncic finished the first half shooting 10 of 17 from the floor and 6 of 10 from 3-point range in 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Doncic&#39;s 60 triple-doubles came in 349 regular season games.  Bird played 897.<\/p>\n<p>Kyrie Irving had 26 points for Dallas.  The Mavericks lost their previous two games, both at home, by missing one of their star guards: Doncic (Friday vs. Memphis, birth of a child) and Irving (Saturday vs. Oklahoma City, foot injury).<\/p>\n<p>Ochai Agbaji led the Jazz with 21 points.  Utah played without leading scorers Lauri Markkanen and Jordan Clarkson.  Markkanen, also their leading rebounder, is dealing with a hamstring injury and has missed six straight games.  Clarkson sat out for the fourth time in five games with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n<p>The Jazz have the most road losses in the NBA this season with 10 in 11 games.<\/p>\n<p>The game was added to the schedule last <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/week\/\"   title=\"week\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">week<\/a> after both teams were eliminated from the NBA&#39;s season-opening tournament.  Each team arrived after three days off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luka Doncic has first-half triple-double in Mavs&#8217; blowout of Jazz\u060c DALLAS &#8211; Luka Doncic had 40 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists playing just three periods and recorded the first first-half triple-double of his career in the Dallas Mavericks&#39; 147-97 victory over the Utah Jazz Wednesday evening. 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