Doncic supplants LeBron with 35, triple-double
Luka Doncic dazzles as he stuffs the stat sheet with 35 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, but the Mavericks fall to the Raptors. (1:42)
Dallas Mavericks rookie Luka Doncic became the first teenager in NBA history with a 30-point triple-double on Sunday, notching 35 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in a 123-120 loss to the Toronto Raptors.
The 35 points were a career high for Doncic, who turns 20 on Feb. 28.
The previous youngest player to have a 30-point triple-double was LeBron James, who did so at 20 years, 100 days old on April 9, 2005, against the Milwaukee Bucks, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.
Doncic is the fourth rookie in the past 35 seasons to record a 35-point triple-double. The others were Stephen Curry (Feb. 10, 2010), Jason Kidd (April 11, 1995) and Michael Jordan (Jan. 14, 1985).
Kawhi Leonard scored 33 points to help the Toronto Raptors overcome a triple-double from Dallas rookie Luka Doncic in a 123-120 win over the Mavericks on Sunday night.
The Mavs’ Luka Doncic, who was ejected for kicking the game ball into the stands during Saturday’s loss to Indiana, was also fined $10,000 by the league on Tuesday.
Sunday’s triple-double was Doncic’s second this season. His first, on Jan. 21 against the Bucks, made him the second-youngest to record a triple-double, behind Markelle Fultz.
Doncic is averaging 20.2 points, 6.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists this season.
Doncic once again turned the fourth quarter into his personal highlight reel, scoring 13 points, including a coast-to-coast dunk that gave Dallas a 99-93 lead.
When the Raptors pulled to 101-99, Doncic answered with a long 3-pointer to reach 30 points for the sixth time this season. He got his 10th assist to complete the triple-double by feeding DeAndre Jordan for an alley-oop dunk with 3 minutes, 29 seconds left in the fourth.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.