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Mavs' Luka Doncic Throws Down Dunk at All-Star Game, Then Hilariously Misses Self Alley-Oop

Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic attempted to throw down back-to-back dunks in Sunday night's NBA All-Star Game, but his second attempt became a blooper that will surely go viral on social media.

Dalton Trigg

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Luka Doncic has never been one to take the NBA All-Star Game seriously, and that didn't change on Sunday night as the Dallas Mavericks superstar got in some good cardio while also dishing out a few assists to the likes of Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James and Denver Nuggets' Nikola Jokic.

During the third quarter, though, Doncic had a sequence that will surely go viral on social media. After throwing down a dunk in transition, Doncic was feeling himself a little bit and attempted to make back-to-back dunks ... and the second time, it was an attempted alley-oop to himself.

Luka Doncic, LeBron James, All-Star
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The result was hilarious, as Doncic got hung on the rim, and the miss led to a Damian Lillard half-court 3-pointer. Everyone on the benches got a good laugh out of it, but no one was laughing harder than Doncic himself.

It's hard to blame Doncic for never giving it his all during All-Star Weekend given the load he has to carry for the Mavs all season. Doncic is averaging a league-leading 34.2 points, 8.8 rebounds and 9.5 assists while shooting 49.2 percent overall and 37.5 percent from deep in 37.4 minutes, which is the second-most minutes played per game in the league.

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The biggest thing for the Mavs, who are 32-23 as they start their final stretch toward the postseason, is that Doncic, Kyrie Irving and everyone else on their roster is finally healthy. If Dallas can become a true title contender in their final 27 games, that's really all Doncic cares about.

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Dalton Trigg
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.

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