Luka Doncic delivered a performance that surpasses the memorable the first 60-20-10 triple double in NBA history does not do justice to what the Slovenian point guard of the Dallas Mavericks achieved on Tuesday in the 126-121 victory over the New York Knicks.
It wasn’t just the 60 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists that drove everyone who watched the game inside and outside the American Airlines Center crazy, but also the fact that we may have witnessed the greatest comeback in NBA history.
Most improbable comeback in NBA history
At least statistically, in the last 20 years of the best basketball league in the world, 13,884 teams that had a lead of at least nine points with 35 seconds or less on the clock took the victory, according to ESPN Stats & Info. The record is now 1-13,884 and all thanks to “Luka-Magic“, a nickname that the extraterrestrial Doncic has taken to a whole new level from now on.
The Mavs were losing by nine points with 33.2 seconds to play and if these words fail to astound the reader already, the last play of regular time is absolutely to go into a madhouse and never come out again.
The play and the quote of the year, all in the same night
Doncic and the Mavs were down 115-113 with less than three seconds on the clock and Doncic was at the free throw line with an attempt that he missed on purpose and on a series of rebounds on two Knicks players the ball fell into the hallowed hands of the 23-year-old point guard who shot desperately and made the basket to send the game into overtime.
In overtime, Doncic scored 7 of his team’s 11 points to take the 126-121 win, but more epic than all of the above is the Slovenian player‘s statement right after the game to Bally Sports Sothwest.
I’m tired as hell, I need a recovery beer
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