Luka Doncic

The Mavericks Luka Doncic made NBA history on Tuesday night against the New York Knicks. Drink in the reaction below as fans, members of the media, ...

[February's All-Star game in Salt Lake City](https://www.skysports.com/nba/news/36226/12775014/sky-sports-2023-nba-all-star-predictions-who-will-make-the-starting-five). Doncic did indeed score a monstrous 60-point triple-double, the first of its kind in the NBA. but what I just witnessed from Luka Doncic was one of the greatest individual performances I've ever seen in my damn life!!!! You can believe that the sheer confusion, shock, and wonder at what this Slovenian has achieved today won't be dissipating after an evening or two of NBA action. A first 60-point triple-double in NBA history is one way to cement your position atop the MVP standings and All-Star permutations. The Mavericks' Luka Doncic made NBA history on Tuesday night against the New York Knicks.

Dallas Mavericks trailed by 10 points with less than 45 seconds left as the Slovenian stole the show.

Doncic is the seventh player to record a 50-point triple-double in the NBA, while the Slovenian 23-year-old becomes the youngest to achieve the feat, taking the record from one of the all-time greats Wilt Chamberlain. Needing two points to tie the game with 4.2 seconds left on the clock, Doncic forced a rebound off his own free throw, grabbed the ball in a melee and nailed the shot while falling to the floor to force overtime. Luka Doncic became the first player in NBA history to record 60 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists in a game as he guided the Dallas Mavericks to an improbable comeback win in overtime against the New York Knicks on Tuesday.

The Slovenian hugely elevated his MVP case with a record breaking performance to secure a much-needed comeback victory as the Mavericks continue with their ...

The performance will now see Doncic rise in the MVP race, as he continues with his amazing season with the Mavericks. With just 33 seconds to go, the Mavericks were down by nine points, with Doncic scoring the points to help put the team down just two points. We were down, we came back, this is an amazing feeling."

The Mavericks rallied to beat the Knicks in overtime as Doncic rewrote the N.B.A. record books with a 60-point triple-double.

It was the first 60-point game of the N.B.A. Basketball Reference gave the performance a “game score” of 56.3, the best in the league since Harden’s game and the Three of the four 50-20-10 games in N.B.A. At 23 and in just his fifth N.B.A. The Knicks led the game by 9 points with 42 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, but Doncic helped lead a Mavericks comeback that forced overtime. It was the first 60-point game in Mavericks history, surpassing a 53-point game by Dirk Nowitzki in 2004. Doncic’s 60-21-10 line in the Mavericks’ 126-121 overtime victory against the Knicks in Dallas was the first in N.B.A. His teammates made 23 baskets in total, and Doncic assisted on 10 of them. season, surpassing Joel Embiid’s 59 for the Philadelphia 76ers in November. The other highest point totals with 20 rebounds and 10 assists all came more than 50 years ago: Wilt Chamberlain’s 53-32-14 in 1968, Elgin Baylor’s 52-25-10 in 1961 and Chamberlain’s 51-29-11 in 1963. No player since the 1960s had tallied 50 points, 20 rebounds and 10 assists in an N.B.A. On Tuesday night, Luka Doncic reached that total and kept right on going to 60 points.

With just over 33 seconds remaining on Tuesday night, the Dallas Mavericks trailed the New York Knicks by nine. It was done and dusted. Game, set, match.

His recovery beverage of choice is a lager. But you are never truly out of it when facing the New York Knickerbockers, and the Mavericks game roaring back to tie the game on a ludicrous Luka Doncic intentional-missed-free-throw-fadeaway at the buzzer. He’s a little out of shape.

Mathematically speaking, the odds of a Knicks victory were north of 99 percent. Historically, the Mavs' hopes were even dimmer. Over the past 20 seasons, teams ...

So Doncic essentially needed to throw the ball off of the rim in a way that his teammates could feasibly rebound. For a missed free throw to be legally rebounded, it needs to hit the rim. As the Knicks learned on Tuesday, holding Doncic off for 47 minutes is no longer enough. Even after he makes the first free throw, with only 4.2 seconds left on the clock, the game is essentially over. He flies in off of Hardaway's miss, makes the putback, and draws the foul in the process. Doncic wins the tip but passes the ball to Hardaway, who misses a 3-pointer. However, the pass is close to enough to the sideline that Dinwiddie can use Doncic as an impromptu screener. The final seconds are ticking away, and with no timeouts, New York knows it can foul Doncic into two free throws rather than allow him to attempt a 3-pointer. Dallas has no timeouts, so Doncic has to get the ball up court quickly. [Christian Wood](/nba/players/2198707/christian-wood/) takes the ball down the court. He passes it to [Tim Hardaway Jr](/nba/players/2067672/tim-hardaway-jr/). He gets the jump-ball call.

Luka Doncic's unreal stat line on his latest triple-double went viral after the Dallas superstar scored 60 points and had 21 rebounds and 10 assists.

There’s also a slew of new or rebranded ones announced Tuesday -- Hakeem Olajuwon (defensive player of the year), John Havlicek (sixth man), Wilt Chamberlain (rookie), and George Mikan (most improved). No, this is not a conflict for Jordan even though he owns the Charlotte Hornets. A new trophy this year is the Clutch Player of the Year, named for “Mr. "Everybody is still in shock," coach Jason Kidd said after the game. It doesn’t seem right that David Stern — the league’s commissioner for 30 years, Silver’s predecessor and mentor and one of the people who basically helped saved the league from financial peril in the 1980’s — doesn’t have a trophy bearing his name. Russell died earlier this year.

Doncic said he needed a 'recovery beer' after scoring 60 points, grabbing 21 rebounds and recording 10 assists against the Knicks.