So yeah, Luka Doncic is really, really good at basketball.
The second-year star of the Dallas Mavericks entered Wednesday night’s game against the Golden State Warriors averaging just under 30 points a contest. He also has 10.7 rebounds a game and 9.3 assists.
Earlier this week our Charles Curtis gave you six reasons why Doncic is the favorite to win the NBA MVP award this season.
Then Wednesday night he went out and had a monster first quarter against the banged-up Warriors, putting up numbers that haven’t been seen since Allen Iverson in 2003.
Check out what he did to poor Golden State, who added Draymond Green to their list of injured stars before the game:
Luka Doncic is the first player to outscore, outrebound and out-assist a team in a quarter since Allen Iverson on Feb. 19, 2003 against the Bulls.
Doncic did this to the Warriors in the 1st quarter.
(h/t @EliasSports) pic.twitter.com/aM5Zl6ESLm
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) November 21, 2019
He had 22 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists in the first:
🚨 22 PTS (5-6 3PM), 5 REB, 5 AST for Luka Doncic in the opening frame on ESPN! #MFFL 🚨 pic.twitter.com/qYk548cXs5
— NBA (@NBA) November 21, 2019
He then had a good second quarter, too:
At Halftime, Luka Doncic has:
33 PTS
6-7 3PM
5 REB, 6AST
The Warriors have 38 Points total…#MFFL #lukadoncic #Dubnation pic.twitter.com/fr1D1QLN4Y— Cold Blooded Convos (@ColdBloodedChat) November 21, 2019
And he had another triple-double before the fourth quarter:
Luka Doncic is done for the night: 35 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists in 25 minutes. He leaves with the Mavericks up 45 on the Warriors late in the third quarter.
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) November 21, 2019
This adds to his historic run of late:
Luka Doncic has reached 300 Pts, 100 Reb, and 100 Ast over his last 10 games, making him the 5th player in NBA history to average a 30-point triple-double over any 10-game span.
The others: LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, Michael Jordan, and Oscar Robertson. (h/t @EliasSports) pic.twitter.com/jOlKRoH4qx
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) November 21, 2019
Yup, the 20 year old is pretty good.