NBA: Luka Doncic joined the great Michael Jordan and James Harden in a select scoring group

The dallas mavericks They are going through a bad moment in the 2022/2023 season, on a 2-game losing streak, and having lost 7 of the last 10 games.

Fortunately, they are still in the direct classification zone playoffsbeing sixth of the western conference of the NBA, with a mark of 25 wins and 24 losses, on the verge of falling into the play-in zone.

Individually, the Mavericks franchise player, the Slovenian star luka doncichas been unstoppable, leading the NBA in scoring, with averages of 33.8 points, 9.1 rebounds, 8.6 assists, with 1.5 steals per game, as well as excellent percentages of 49.8 from the field, 35.2 from triples, and 72.8 from free throws.

Indefensible

Since being selected third overall in the 2018 Draft, Doncic has done nothing but rack up individual awards, being named Rookie of the Year, 3 times selected to Stars game3 times chosen to the Best Quintet in the NBA, aiming for the fourth in a row of both recognitions.

As if that were not enough, according to ESPN Stats & Info, Doncic already has 33 games in which he has scored 30 or more points this season, the NBA leader in this department.

In the same way, the aforementioned site added that in the last 40 seasons, the only players with more games of 30 or more points before the month of February are the legendary Michael Jordan and James Harden.

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Without a doubt, Luka Doncic, barely 23 years old, is a generational talent, who expects great things in his future in the best basketball league in the world, although he is clearly focused on winning championships, for which he and the Mavericks must find the way to turn around their bad moment, and try to get back on track, just as they did the previous year, reaching the Western Conference final.

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