Luka Doncic dazzles with 73, tied for 4th in NBA history .The Dallas Mavericks point guard scored a whopping 73 points Friday night against the Atlanta Hawks. It came just days after Embiid, the center for the Philadelphia 76ers, collected 70 points Monday against the San Antonio Spurs.
Doncic, who has been averaging 33.6 points per game this NBA season, not only outscored Embiid, but also himself and the Mavericks. His 73-point game is his personal best and a team best. Before Friday’s shootout, both of those records sat at 60.
It also put Dončić, 24, in fourth place for the highest-scoring game for a player in NBA history.
The Mavs celebrated the achievement by posting what appears to be a photo of Doncic as a child on X, wearing a photoshopped-on version of his current jersey.
Dončić, who is in his sixth season, sunk a three-pointer with 2:58 left in the game, bringing his tally to 70 for the night. Another three-point shot sealed the deal, and the Mavs’ 148-143 win.
Overall, Dončić is tied for fourth place in single-game scoring, behind only Wilt Chamberlain — who holds the record with 100 points in 1962 and is also has the third-place spot for 78 points scored in 1961 and Kobe Bryant who tallied 81 points in 2006 putting him at second.
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Doncic scored 23 points in the second quarter after opening with 18 in the first.
He finished 25-of-33 from the field, including 8-of-13 from 3-point range, and converted 15 of 16 free throws.
“He was hot. He was going,” said Trae Young, who led Atlanta with 30 points. “We were trying everything. We were trying to trap him.”
Doncic also had 10 rebounds and seven assists. He became the fifth NBA player with at least 70 points and 10 rebounds in a contest, joining Chamberlain (who did it six times), Elgin Baylor, David Robinson and Embiid, who did it Monday.
With the assists, no one in NBA history had as many points, rebounds and assists in a game as Doncic did Friday.
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