Mavs Star Luka Doncic Joins Bernard King, Wilt Chamberlain in Christmas Day Lore with 50-Point Game

Luka Doncic continues to etch his name alongside NBA legends while also leading the Dallas Mavericks to wins.

Dalton Trigg | Dec 26, 2023

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DALLAS – The NBA's brightest stars shine even brighter on the biggest stages, and that's what Luka Doncic showed us on Monday, as he put up 50 points, 15 assists, six rebounds, four steals and three steals in the Dallas Mavericks' 128-114 Christmas Day win over the Phoenix Suns.

Not only did Doncic become the fastest active player to reach 10,000 career points, but he also became just the fourth player in league history to score at least 50 points in a Christmas Day game, joining legends Bernard King (60), Wilt Chamberlain (59) and Rick Berry (50).

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“I think one, congratulations on getting the 10,000 points, that’s pretty cool and pretty fast," Mavs head coach Jason Kidd said of Doncic. "But also, on Christmas, to be in the likes of Bernard King, Wilt (Chamberlain), Rick Barry, to score 50 on Christmas, so it’s pretty cool. And then with a stat line – I think we talked about it offline about his defense and the things that he’s doing – to come up with blocks and steals tonight was big.”

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With his 50 points and 15 assists, Doncic created 82 of the Mavs' 128 points, marking the most ever in a Christmas Day game in league history. Averaging 33.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 9.4 assists per game, Doncic is on pace to not only win his first MVP award, but also help the Mavs make a deep playoff push one season after missing the postseason entirely.

Published Dec 26, 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.