Luka Doncic had 35 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, becoming the second NBA player to record a 30-point triple-double in five consecutive years, and the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Miami Heat 114-108 on Thursday night. Broke it.
Doncic matched Russell Westbrook, who had his fifth straight 30-point triple-double in 2017 with Oklahoma City.The league's leading scorer and all-star He became the first player in history to He achieved a triple-double with 35 points for four consecutive years.
Doncic made 12 of 24 overall and 7 of 13 from 3-point range in 40 minutes.
Kyrie Irving added 23 points for Dallas, snapping a three-game losing streak. The Mavericks led 101-100 before going on a 10-4 run that included 3-pointers from Doncic, Dante Exum and Irving.
Terry Rozier had 27 points and 11 assists for Miami, his highest scoring total since being acquired from Charlotte in late January. Duncan Robinson finished with 19 points, including 14 in the first half, and Jimmy Butler finished with 14 points.
The Heat made 17 of 38 3-pointers after averaging 12.4 points per game, including 10 in the first half. Rozier and Robinson were each 5 of 8 behind the arc.
Miami entered the match having won seven of eight games.
The Heat made 12 of their first 14 field goal attempts, including their first six from behind the arc, building a 29-14 lead after the first six minutes. The Mavericks chipped away and tied the game at 50-all with 3:45 remaining. Despite Butler contributing only 2-of-4 shooting from the floor, Miami scored eight of the final 10 points of the second quarter to take a 58-54 lead by halftime.
Butler extended his streak to 15 consecutive games with at least one steal and one 3-point shot, the longest streak of his career and tied the franchise record set by Rafer Alston in 2004.
Dallas made two changes to its starting lineup, replacing rookies Derek Lively II and Josh Green with Daniel Gafford and Derrick Jones Jr.
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Heat: Complete back-to-back games Friday in Oklahoma City.
Mavericks: At Detroit on Saturday.
