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Mavs 'Clutch Luka' Wins NBA Player Of The Week

Luka Doncic has been clutch, and now the Dallas Mavericks young MVP is the NBA Western Conference Player of The Week

Dalton Trigg

He said it would take time. He said they would learn. He said they would become more "clutch.''

And here we are.

The NBA announced Monday that Doncic was named the Western Conference Player of the Week for games played from Monday, Jan. 4 through Sunday, Jan. 10. 

It marks the second time in his career that he has received the honor (Nov. 18 through Nov. 24, 2019) and he joins Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Kidd, Michael Finley, Mark Aguirre and Josh Howard as one of six Mavericks to garner the award multiple times.

For the week, Luka led the Mavericks to a 3-0 week with averages of 30.3 points, 12.0 rebounds and 11.3 assists per game. He recorded a triple-double in two of the three games, finishing one board shy of accomplishing the feat in all three.

A perfect sample? We discuss below ...

'Luka Magic' was on full display in the Mavericks thrilling 124-117 overtime win over the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night. 

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Doncic not only put up a massive stat line with 38 points, 13 assists and nine rebounds, but he also shot an efficient 13-of-22 from the field and delivered in the clutch to seal the win. 

These last two performances from Doncic against the Rockets and Nuggets show why the 21-year-old superstar was the preseason favorite to win MVP this season.

On this episode of the Mavs Step Back Podcast, Dalton Trigg and Matt Galatzan discuss Doncic's brilliance and how he's finally looking like the same player we saw in the NBA 'Bubble' a few months ago. Doncic being able to perform the way he did in Denver with that infamous high altitude shows us how much his conditioning has improved since the season opener against the Phoenix Suns.

Dive into our recent episode, as we discuss all of that and much, much more:

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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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