A superb Luka doncic, who stroked the triple-double, pulled claw and epic to bend some suffocating Denver nuggets and thus give the Dallas Mavericks a suffered victory (117-124) in a game that went to extra time and in which the Argentine Facundo Campazzo did not play any minute.
Real Madrid fans were looking forward to this game in which they would meet in the NBA for the first time Doncic and Campazzo, who were teammates on the Spanish team.
But in the end they were left with honey on their lips since Campazzo, although he was on the rise after two notable performances, remained on the bench the entire game since Gary Harris was the one chosen by the Nuggets to try to stop Doncic.
He got it right from the start, as the Slovenian was hesitant in the first half and also suffered discomfort in his left ankle.
Big Doncic Numbers
But after the break the Doncic of the great nights appeared and finished the game in style with 38 points (13 of 22 shooting), 13 assists, 9 rebounds and 4 steals against 8 losses.
The Mavericks are now left with 4 wins and 4 losses. On the part of the Nuggets, who now have 3 wins and 5 lost games, the highlight one more night was Nikola Jokic with 38 points (14 of 31 shooting), 11 rebounds and 4 assists.
An awkward match
From the beginning, the Mavericks felt uncomfortable on the track, a circumstance that the Nuggets took advantage of to achieve their first lead (8-2, after four minutes).
Doncic began to carbure little by little, but a splendid Jamal Murray at the start of the meeting, with 13 points and a triple on the horn, he subdued Dallas in the first quarter (28-22).
The story continued without major changes in the second quarter: very little aim in basket shots, no inspiration in attack and a predominance of defenses.
TO Doncic was especially overwhelmed by a tough Harris that made things very difficult for him
The Mavericks star did not give up and entered the game on the basis of forcing fouls (14 points at halftime), but two triples in a row that Doncic missed summed up the frustration of his group in the first half (43-52).
The second part much better
Neither team could boast in the locker room of their success: the Nuggets achieved a poor 37% in total shots with 35% in 3-pointers, while the Mavericks even had a worse balance with 33% shooting and a pitiful 19% in attempts of three.
In the resumption, those of Denver received very bad news since Jokic, in constant battle with an intense Boban Marjanovic, scored his fourth foul they just started the third quarter.
The attack of both teams finally began to flow smoothly and 5 points from Monte Morris gave the Nuggets a further boost (71-59).
However, The Mavericks came back with a bizarre basket from Doncic (He was looking for a pass and ended up inadvertently scoring), with two consecutive triples by Tim Hardaway Jr. and an additional shot by Dwight Powell (74-70, with 2 minutes remaining in the third quarter).
A triple of James johnson in the premiere of the last quarter he put the Texans ahead (78-79) and left the game completely open.
From there there was a fabulous exchange of blows and Maxi Kleber brought the Mavericks closer to victory with a brilliant triple with just two seconds to go.
To extra time after a Jokic basket on the horn
But Jokic, who scored 17 points in the fourth quarter, had a final ace up his sleeve and responded on the horn with a mid-range shot to force extra time..
Like nothing, Doncic continued to his own in overtime, controlled the last minutes at will, and scored 9 more points in overtime that ruined any hope of endurance from the Nuggets.
