Home Basketball VICTORY TIME: In the Mavericks’ 131–120 win over the Trail Blazers, Luka Doncic had a triple-double and 40pts

VICTORY TIME: In the Mavericks’ 131–120 win over the Trail Blazers, Luka Doncic had a triple-double and 40pts

Basketball — 12/17/2023

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In Saturday night’s 131-120 win over the Portland Trail Blazers, Luka Doncic had a triple-double with 40 points, 12 boards, and 10 assists.

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Doncic had a triple-double in the third quarter after scoring 30 points in the first half. This season, he has five triple-doubles, and all together, he has 61.

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Fort Worth’s Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 25 points, and Dante Exum and Derrick Jones Jr. each scored 18.

Portland’s Anfernee Simons scored 31 points, grabbed eight boards, and passed the ball six times. Jerami Grant scored 27 points in his first game back after being out for four games with a concussion.

Luka Doncic has triple-double in Mavericks' 131-120 victory over Trail Blazers | theScore.com

The first quarter was slow, and Mavericks player center Dereck Lively hurt his left ankle. In the second quarter, Dallas beat Portland 38–24.

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Doncic scored 22 points in the first quarter, which gave the Trail Blazers a 39–36 lead going into the second. It was a technical foul for Doncic to shoot the ball after the buzzer, but the judges later took away the technical.