On December 25th of 2023, Luka Doncic delivered a gift for Mavericks fans everywhere in a dominant performance to help Dallas beat Phoenix, 128-114.
left Dallas after some truly successful seasons, helping to lead them to the 2002-2003 Western Conference Finals and appearing in a pair of All-Star Games alongside. He joined the Phoenix Suns prior to the 2004 season, and from there, won back-to-back MVPs in his first two seasons.helped to put Phoenix in championship contention multiple times in that era, though they were never able to break through and take home a Larry O'Brien Trophy.
Displaying elite pace and functional handle, Doncic picked apart these different blitzes, no matter who the personnel was. The Mavericks screened with several different players as well, including Derrick Jones Jr., and evenand Dante Exum, all of whom could occasionally make the defense pay with a short-roll pass. Though the rest of the team combined had just 13 total dimes, this indicates Doncic's ability to score unassisted rather than a lack of cohesive effort on offense.
Doncic also took his fair share of threes in this game – 16 to be exact – hitting eight of them. Many of these were off-the-bounce shots, and several of these attempts were in transition. His full array of shotmaking was on display in his 50-point outing, shooting 15-for-25 from the field and making all 12 free-throw attempts.
One of the more impressive plays of the night was a skip pass to the weak-side corner from Doncic as he came off of an AJ Lawson screen, which the Suns once again trapped, though the screen nullified the attempt. He beatFrom an efficiency standpoint, it's hard to be much better , but his passing prowess was every bit as effective as his scoring was. On the night, he had an offensive rating of 158.0, an assist rate of 58.1%, and a usage rate of 34.9%.
The lesser-discussed part of this game was his defensive effort as well – he managed four blocks and three steals on top of all of the offensive production. Rumors of Doncic's "not being in shape" have often been countered with different examples of dual-end performances, and this night was certainly an example of that.
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