With Matisse Thybulle at the tails, on his comeback in semi-transition, Luka Doncic chained a dribble between the legs, an acceleration towards the circle then an authoritarian dunk with two hands. The Slovenian came down from the circle, froze for three seconds and then showed a pout of satisfaction.
The Mavs point guard didn’t stop there. In the same third quarter of that game against the 76ers, he went to post Andre Drummond, with an even more explosive and contested one-handed dunk to the circle this time.
” I feel much more explosive, I feel better “, describes the triple All-Star after the meeting, confirming the visual impression. He has obviously lost the few extra pounds that had hurt him at the start of the season.
” I played a lot today (40 minutes). I’m obviously tired, it’s late. But when the season started, I couldn’t play that much. It’s not very good to lose a few pounds very quickly. So it’s just been a slow process “, details the interested party.
“It’s the Luka we know”
The latter, relieved of a little excess weight, thus has an easier time attacking the circle. It was in a perimeter at the heart of the racket that he was the most dangerous this night, when he showed difficulty in converting behind the arc (only 1/6).
His attacks from the circles allowed him either to finish, often with the fault, or to fix to find his shooters. ” He’s elite, he’s an elite player and an elite passer “Qualifies Reggie Bullock, 20 points, who took advantage of two balls from his teammate to sanction in each corner during the last quarter. ” I think I made the right decisions and involved others rightly remarks the creator who equaled his season record (15 units).
Luka Doncic hurt the 76ers particularly badly in the third quarter, during which Dallas came back in front. He scored 11 points and distributed 4 assists in that period. ” Luka was a big problem for us “, does not hide Seth Curry.
With his 33 points (13/28), 13 rebounds and 15 assists, with an excellent +19 score, the Slovenian thus signed his eighth triple-double of the season, his 44th in his career. ” He looks better, he has a smile, he’s the Luka we know “, Appreciates his coach, Jason Kidd.
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| Luka Doncic | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2018-19 | DAL | 72 | 32 | 42.7 | 32.7 | 71.3 | 1.2 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 21.2 |
| 2019-20 | DAL | 61 | 34 | 46.3 | 31.6 | 75.8 | 1.3 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 28.8 |
| 2020-21 | DAL | 66 | 34 | 47.9 | 35.0 | 73.0 | 0.8 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 27.7 |
| 2021-22 | DAL | 37 | 35 | 44.5 | 31.2 | 73.8 | 0.8 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 4.4 | 0.5 | 26.0 |
| Total | 236 | 34 | 45.5 | 32.8 | 73.5 | 1.1 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 25.8 | |
