NBA Christmas Update: Mavs' Luka Doncic Becomes Fastest Active Player to Reach 10K Points

Under the bright lights of the NBA's Christmas Day stage, Luka Doncic made league history by becoming the fastest player to reach 10,000 career points in the Dallas Mavericks' game against the Phoenix Suns.

Dalton Trigg | Dec 25, 2023

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In a season where Luka Doncic has seemingly made some sort of history after every game he's played, he did it again during the Dallas Mavericks' Christmas Day game against the Phoenix Suns on Monday night at Footprint Center.

Going into the game, Doncic needed just 11 points to reach 10,000 for his career after putting up a 39-point triple-double in Dallas' blowout win over the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday. He achieved the historic feat with 4:52 remaining in the first quarter when he nailed a deep 3-pointer to give the Mavs a double-digit lead.

Luka Doncic, Dallas Mavericks — Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

Doncic is now the fastest active player to reach 10,000 points. Philadelphia 76ers star and reigning MVP Joel Embiid had been the fastest player to reach 10,000 points in 419 career games, but Doncic beat him out by 61 games.

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Despite the Mavs having to deal with several injuries that have kept key contributors sidelined for many games – including Kyrie Irving and Dereck Lively II – Doncic has managed to lead his team to a respectable 17-12 record while averaging 32.9 points, 8.6 rebounds, 9.1 assists and 1.3 steals. He's shooting 48.5 percent overall, including a career-high 38 percent from 3-point range.

If the Mavs can get healthy and rack up some more wins, Doncic could end up being the favorite to win his first league MVP award while also helping his team become more than just a playoff hopeful.

Published Dec 25, 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.