Doncic and Irving scored 70 points to give Dallas its seventh straight win. Jokic already has a triple-double against every team in the NBA

Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving contributed 70 points to the home win over the Phoenix Suns. The duo of Booker, Durant scored 58 points. Nikola Jokic became the third player in NBA history to record a triple-double against every team in the NBA.

Doncic confirmed his position as top scorer

In the game Dallas Mavericks vs Phoenix Suns (123:113), Slovenian Luka Doncic confirmed his position as the best scorer of this season. He scored 41 points for the Suns and slightly improved his shooting average this season to 34.3 points per game.

Second in the scoring standings, Shai-Gilgeous Alexander of Oklahoma City is more than 3 points behind with 31.1 points per game. In addition, the star Slovenian missed another triple-double by a single rebound, as he was able to pass to his teammates for a successful finish on 11 occasions.

Doncic was ably supported by Kyrie Irving, who added another 29 points on his way to another home win for Dallas. The home duo clearly outplayed the stars on the other side. Devin Booker led the Suns with 35 points and 8 assists. Kevin Durant scored 23 points.

The Dallas Mavericks won for the seventh consecutive time and have the longest winning streak this season. It now has exactly the same record as Phoenix (33-23), with whom it shares the sixth position in the Western Conference. Phoenix still led by 3 points at halftime. However, the Mavericks decided their victory in the third quarter, which they won by 8 points and clearly controlled the outcome at the end of the game.

Nikola Jokic recorded a triple-double against all NBA teams

The defending champion from Denver clearly controlled the game against Washington from the very beginning, coming away with a 130-110 victory. Nikola Jokic recorded his 16th triple-double of the season with 21 points, 19 rebounds and 15 assists.

This season, only Domantas Sabonis of the Sacramento Kings is better in this all-around statistic, who recorded his 19th triple-double of the season. It is the 121st career triple-double for Jokic and continues to cut into the lead of Lakers legend Magic Johnson in third place, who has 17 more.

The Washington Wizards have been the only team so far against whom Jokic has not accomplished the feat. He is now only the third player in NBA history to record a triple-double against all teams. He ranks alongside Lebron James and Russell Westbrook. Only these 3 players have managed to record at least one career triple-double against all teams in the NBA.

It is even more impressive that the Serbian player only needed to play 650 regular season games to reach this milestone. Moreover, he is the only player in history to collect at least 10 triple-doubles in seven consecutive seasons.

Source: NBA