MVP of the night | Luka Dončić completes his triple-double at halftime
Uncertain before the match due to an ankle injury, Luka Dončić was well on the ground against Wizards…and he didn’t seem to be in pain. In any case, he didn’t mind against Washington’s defense.
He needed just one half to complete his triple-double. At halftime he already had 26 points on 9/13 shooting including 5/8 from distance, 11 assists and 10 rebounds!
“It’s definitely not easy. It might look easy, but it’s not.”, explains the person in questionwho ended his first half with a three-pointer. “It’s nice when it works.”
Asked during a break, JJ Redick could only be amused by the success of his star, explaining “that he was sometimes bored” and that because of that he had to challenge himself, like this “step” with the board before going back to the dressing room. In fact, we understand that it was not voluntary, but symbolic of the crazy success of the Slovenians.
“Most of us can’t understand what it’s like to be so strong”
That’s because when he hits his “steps” he’s truly unplayable. As soon as the Wizards tried to get a little pressure on him, he cut through Washington’s second defensive curtain for a special feed to Deandre Ayton under the rim. And the suspense was dead at halftime, and the Lakers led 48-77!
“It’s hard to describe because most of us can’t understand what it’s like to be that strong”JJ Redick comments again. “It’s destructive for the other team when we have to send a player to help almost every time we cross the middle of the field, so we play 4v3.
One-man band from Los Angeles, Luka Doncic finished the first quarter with 16 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists. In the play-by-play era, since 1997/98, only 21 times have a player finished a quarter with more than 15 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. And of these 21 performances, 10 are for “Luka Magic”.
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| Luka Dončić | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saison | The team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | That | Pd | Ft | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2018-19 | DAL | 72 | 32:12 | 42.7 | 32.7 | 71.3 | 1.2 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 21.2 |
| 2019-20 | DAL | 61 | 33:33 | 46.3 | 31.6 | 75.8 | 1.3 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 28.8 |
| 2020-21 | DAL | 66 | 34:16 | 47.9 | 35.0 | 73.0 | 0.8 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 0.5 | 27.7 |
| 2021-22 | DAL | 65 | 35:24 | 45.7 | 35.3 | 74.4 | 0.9 | 8.3 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 28.4 |
| 2022-23 | DAL | 66 | 36:14 | 49.6 | 34.2 | 74.2 | 0.8 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 32.4 |
| 2023-24 | DAL | 70 | 37:29 | 48.7 | 38.2 | 78.6 | 0.8 | 8.4 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 33.9 |
| 2024-25 | DAL | 22 | 35:41 | 46.4 | 35.4 | 76.7 | 0.7 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 28.1 |
| 2024-25 | LAL | 28 | 35:09 | 43.8 | 37.9 | 79.1 | 0.9 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 28.2 |
| 2025-26 | LAL | 38 | 36:19 | 47.4 | 34.4 | 78.1 | 0.8 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 33.6 |
How to read statistics? MJ = matches played; Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / attempt 3 points; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive jump; Tot = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; Points = Points.
2026-01-31 07:19:00
