Luka Doncic reconfirmed his excellent moment of play in the victory over the bottom team Rockets by 113-100. The Slovenian base sum 30 points, 14 rebounds and six assists for the ones Mavericks had no problem getting back on track after the embarrassing stumble they suffered against the Knicks and that he cut a streak of five consecutive victories.
The Mavericks star is living maybe his days of greatest dominance in the NBA. With a remarkable physical improvement after losing 30 poundsthose left over at the beginning of the season, gives the impression that manage the matches as you please. Some he wins as and when he wants, dedicating himself more to scoring and helping a lot on the rebound.
In February he was chosen as the best player in the Western Conference and its good dynamics has been extended to March. Of the 15 games played since February, only in one he stayed below 20 points, in 11 he reached 30, in four he reached 40 and in one, on February 10 against the Clippers, he shot up to 51 points , his personal record in the NBA. In that stretch of the season he has averages of 33.9 points, 10.5 rebounds and 7.9 assists. Figures that will place in the race for the MVP of having started the course like this.
Solve just get back on track
Against the Rockets, the Dallas team always had the game under control despite the important absences of Jalen Brunson and Dorian Finney-Smith. They were leading 67-44 at the break and Jason Kidd, seeing the differences, wanted to give the entire last quarter of rest to both Doncic and Dwight Powellwhich was brilliant (26+12).
The hosts had a 24-point lead at the start of the fourth quarter, but Houston He reduced it to 98-84, which caused the point guard to return to the track. Shortly after leaving, he hit one of his five 3-pointers (in 11 attempts) to make it a reassuring 103-84 with seven minutes left. With him on the court, his team won by 16.
