Basketball
Doncic enchanted the thunder
With Luka Doncic having 38 points and hitting a triple-double, the Mavericks defeated the Thunder of the terrible Cy Gilgeous-Alexander, who stopped at 42 points, 121-114.
Luka Doncic returned after one game, and together the smiles and wins returned for the Mavericks, who defeated the struggling Thunder 121-114.
The Slovenia star was unstoppable, finishing the game with 38 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists, and leading his team by hand, with the Mavericks running away from the score starting in the 2nd period, rising to +16 and staying on the ball at Donners counter in the final.
Spencer Dinwiddie and Tim Hardaway followed Doncic in scoring, with Reggie Bullock adding 12 points on a night as Dallas went 22-of-54 from 3-point range.
For the Thunder, Cy Gilgeous-Alexander was great with 42 points, Jaylen Williams added 17 points and Josh Giddy 14 points. Alexei Pokusevsky started in the starting XI but had a poor night with 0/3 shots, 9 rebounds and 2 assists in 22 minutes of action.
THE DODECALPTA: 23-28, 66-52, 97-90, 121-114
MAVERICKS: Finney-Smith 9 (3 trebles, 5 rebounds), Hardaway 20 (6/14 trebles, 6 rebounds), Powell, Dinwiddie 20 (4 trebles, 7 rebounds, 10 assists), Doncic 38 (13 /27 shooting, 3/ 8 threes, 9/10 shooting, 11 rebounds, 8 assists), Kleber 8 (2 threes, 7 rebounds), Wood 8 (5 rebounds), Bullock 12 (3 threes, 5 rebounds), Dilikina 6 (1)
THUNDER: Williams 17 (1), Pokuszewski (9 rebounds), Gilzius-Alexander 42 (14/23 shooting, 1/2 threes, 13/13 shots), Guidi 14 (2 threes, 5 rebounds), Dort 12 (3/11 shooting, 1/6 threes, 7 rebounds), Baisley 4, Robinson-Earl 6, Omorui 2, man 5 (1), Joe 12 (4 threes, 7 rebounds)
Source: sport 24
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