Luka Doncic Breaks Dallas Mavs' Record for Most Points Scored in Single Season

During the Dallas Mavericks' game against the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday night, superstar Luka Doncic broke Mark Aguirre's franchise record for most points scored in a single season.

Dalton Trigg | Apr 9, 2024

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Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic is no stranger to breaking records, and he broke a big during Tuesday night's matchup against the Charlotte Hornets.

During the early minutes of the third quarter, Doncic nailed his seventh 3-poniter of the game, which gave him 2,332 points on the season. That total surpassed Mark Aguirre's franchise record of 2,330 that was set during the 1983-84 season.

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"[It means] a lot,” Doncic said of breaking the record. “It's the franchise that drafted me. They gave me, they say, 'the keys.' They say it like that, but I'm just glad I'm here in Dallas."

On the season, Doncic is averaging 33.9 points, 9.2 rebounds and 9.8 assists. He is set to become the first player in NBA history to average all those numbers in a single season. Whether it will be enough to win Doncic his first career MVP award has yet to be seen, but he certainly has a solid case.

If the Mavs hold on to defeat the Hornets – as of the time this article was written, Dallas was up 97-83 at the end of the third quarter – they will improve to 49-30 on the season with just three games remaining. Dallas currently has sole possession of the No. 5 seed in the Western Conference.

Published Apr 9, 2024|Modified Apr 9, 2024

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.