Mavs' Luka Doncic Makes NBA History in December, Joins Oscar Robertson on Rare List

After putting together a monster December, Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic capped off 2023 by doing what he's done often this season: Make NBA history.

Dalton Trigg | Dec 31, 2023

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Stop us if you've heard this before: Luka Doncic has made more NBA history.

It's something the Dallas Mavericks superstar has seemingly done on a nightly basis this season, and his latest bit of history happened on Saturday night in San Fransisco, as Dallas defeated the Golden State Warriors, 132-122.

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Doncic finished with 39 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists while shooting 14-29 overall, 5-13 from deep and 6-7 from the free-throw line in 38 minutes of action. He also played some sound defense throughout the night as well, something he's improved tremendously this season.

In December, Doncic averaged 37.5 points, 8.9 rebounds and 11.1 assists while shooting 48.8 percent from the field and 38 percent from deep through 13 games to end 2023. He became just the second player in NBA history to average at least 35 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists through a month while playing a minimum of 10 games. The only other player to accomplish such a feat was NBA legend Oscar Robertson, who did so in 1960.

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Despite the Mavs having several key injuries, including Kyrie Irving missing 12 consecutive games to a heel contusion, Doncic has navigated his team to a 19-14 record and sixth-place standing in the West heading into the new year. The MVP candidate has yet to reach his peak, but December showed us all glimpses of what that peak could look like going forward.

Published Dec 31, 2023

DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.