NBA mega star Luka Doncic played for just three periods against Utah Jazz on Thursday, but he returned with 40 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, and a historic first-half triple-double as the Dallas Mavericks beat Jazz by a massive 147-97 margin. (Basketball News)
It was Doncic's first-ever first-half triꦰple-double and his 60th overall. In the process, he went past Larry Bird and is now in ninth pꦐlace overall on the career list.
T🐼he Slovenian basketball player went into the final 90 seconds of the second quarter with 29 points, nine rebounds and nine assists. He grabbed a rebound with 1 minutes and 11 seconds left on the clock, after a missed free throw by🐻 Keonte George. With 59 seconds left in the period, he passed one inside to Dereck Lively II, whose dunk led to Doncic's 10th assist.
It was the first-ever 25-point first-half triple-double in NBA history. Thꦅis is the second time in three games that Doncic has reached 40 points, and his fourth time overall this season.
