Luka Doncic reached the 50-point mark for the fourth time this season, pouring in 53 factors to hold the Dallas Mavericks previous the visiting Detroit Pistons 111-105 on Monday night time.
Doncic’s fifth profession 50-point sport got here after he sat out the earlier sport with a sprained ankle. He added eight rebounds and 5 assists.
Spencer Dinwiddie was the one different Dallas participant in double figures with 12 factors.
Bojan Bogdanovic’s 29 factors led the Pistons. Saddiq Bey had 18 factors and Jaden Ivey tossed in 14 earlier than fouling out.
The Mavericks scored the primary 10 factors however the Pistons settled in after a timeout. Detroit truly had a five-point lead with 3:34 left within the first however Doncic continued to refill the nets. He made a 3-pointer within the last minute of the primary, finishing a 24-point quarter and giving his crew a 30-27 heading into the second interval.
His output was the best first-quarter whole for any participant this season.
Bogdanovic had a private 7-0 spurt late within the half to present his membership an eight-point lead. Doncic hit a 3-pointer within the last minute for his solely factors of the quarter. Bogdanovic made the ultimate basket of the half because the Pistons carried a 57-53 lead into the locker room.
Detroit opened the second half with a 9-2 run to take an 11-point lead.
Bogdanovic made it 74-63 halfway by way of the quarter. Doncic then introduced his crew again into the sport. He reached the 40-point mark with 4:12 left within the quarter to chop Detroit’s result in 76-72.
The Pistons nudged the result in eight however the Mavs completed the quarter on an 8-1 run to chop it to 84-83.
Dallas then opened the fourth with a 9-2 spurt, together with six factors from Dinwiddie. Bogdanovic made a 3-pointer with 5:26 left to chop the Mavs’ result in 98-96.
Doncic dunked with 3:58 remaining for a 103-98 benefit, and his step-back jumper with 2:10 left gave his crew a 107-102 lead, and provides him his 50-point sport.
Bogdanovic answered with a 3-pointer however Doncic hit one other jumper to make it 109-105.
Detroit got here up empty on its final 4 possessions.
—Field Level Media/Reuters
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