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He Can’t Miss!: Dwight Powell Breaks Mavs Record For Consecutive Shots Made

Dwight Powell has had a career year shooting the ball for the Dallas Mavericks, and he just broke a record for the most consecutive field goals made in team history.

Dalton Trigg

Dwight Powell has had arguably the best season of his career in 2021-22. With his appearance in the first quarter of the Dallas Mavericks' game against the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday, Powell played in all 82 regular season games – something only four other players accomplished this year. Also, only four other Mavericks in franchise history have played in all 82 games – Jason Terry, O.J. Mayo, Monta Ellis and Yogi Ferrell.

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Dwight Powell and Luka Doncic.

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Dwight Powell slams one home.

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Dwight Powell with a reverse dunk.

Powell is averaging 8.7 points and 4.9 rebounds per game for the Mavs, while shooting a career-best (by far) 66.8 percent from the field. Although the Mavs have been shorthanded at the center position for most of the season, especially after the Kristaps Porzingis trade, Powell has stepped up in a big way. His chemistry with superstar Luka Doncic in pick-and-rolls has gone a long way toward his success.

To add a cherry on top of what has already been a great season, Powell made his first basket against the Spurs tonight and broke the franchise record for consecutive field goals made with 15 in a row.

Update: As of the 2:17 mark in the first quarter of Mavs-Spurs, Powell has extended his franchise record to 18 made buckets in a row.

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Luka Doncic and Lonnie Walker IV.

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Luka Doncic attempts a block.

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Powell and Antetokounmpo.

The previous record of 14 made field goals in a row was shared by three players – Eric Dampier (2x), DeAndre Jordan and, you guessed it... Dwight Powell, who has now done it three times.

Although Powell gets most of his credit on the offensive end, he has given ample effort on the defensive end of the floor as well. His physical limitations keep him from being a good defender more times than not, but his energy is contagious for his teammates. Now we will see if that can translate to playoff basketball.

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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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