Luka Doncic Leads Mavericks to Victory on His 25th Birthday

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00:03 Happy belated 25th birthday once again to Luka Doncic.

00:06 He rings in a new year with a victory last night in Toronto,

00:11 136-125 to lead his Mavs in not just a victory, but a 30 point,

00:16 16 assist, 11 rebound, triple double on his birthday.

00:20 The Mavericks bounce back, they had won seven straight, then dropped two in a row.

00:25 The heartbreaking defeat against Cleveland two nights ago,

00:28 as Max Srews hit the 59 footer at the buzzer to win.

00:32 Dallas though has won eight of its last ten games,

00:35 they have covered in seven of those eight wins.

00:38 >> I'd say what was impressive about that, and again,

00:40 just thinking your way through the process where there was a chance that

00:43 Kyrie Irving and or Luka Doncic would have sat that game out,

00:45 back to backs on the road.

00:46 We see it quite a bit here, but also, you didn't want that to happen here,

00:50 either A, when you're on a winning streak, or B, about to go on a losing streak,

00:53 which would have turned into three games had they lost to the Toronto Raptors.

00:57 The thing that I thought was most impressive is typically on a back to back

01:00 on the road is, you don't have those legs available in the second half,

01:04 because you get tired.

01:05 They scored 66 points as a team in the first half, but great,

01:08 should be able to cruise in and maybe have a chance at winning this game.

01:11 Well, they upped the ante by scoring 70 points in the second half,

01:14 which included a 40 point third quarter.

01:17 Look, man, this is a fun team to watch.

01:19 Doncic and Kyrie Irving, when they're going great,

01:22 one of the best tandems in basketball.

01:24 They went great last night, picked up a victory here for the Dallas Mavericks.

01:27 We'll see where they go moving forward, but

01:28 it alluded that three game losing streak, that's what they wanted to do.

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