Luka Doncic’s historic triple-double helps Mavs to improbable win over Knicks

Luka Doncic turned the primary participant in NBA historical past to document 60 factors, 20 rebounds and 10 assists in a recreation as he guided the Dallas Mavericks to an inconceivable comeback win in time beyond regulation in opposition to the New York Knicks on Tuesday.

The Mavericks trailed 110-101 with lower than 45 seconds left within the fourth quarter earlier than Doncic stole the present, his intentional miss from the free throw line the spotlight of a wild recreation.

Needing two factors to tie the sport with 4.2 seconds left on the clock, Doncic compelled a rebound off his personal free throw, grabbed the ball in a melee and nailed the shot whereas falling to the ground to power time beyond regulation.

The Mavericks then cruised to a 126-121 victory as an ecstatic American Airlines Center crowd roared their group on.

“I’m tired as hell. I need a recovery beer,” stated Doncic, who completed 60-21-10.

“I just threw it up, I was kind of lucky … We were down, we came back, this is an amazing feeling.”

Doncic is the seventh participant to document a 50-point tripe-double within the NBA, whereas the Slovenian 23-year-old turns into the youngest to attain the feat, taking the document from one of many all-time greats Wilt Chamberlain.

“It’ll be another statue in Dallas … Luka is like that!” Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett stated on Twitter.

—Reuters