DALLAS – Years from now, when the history on Dallas Mavericks forward Luka Doncic will finally be written, there will be those who will undoubtedly tell stories about the damage the rookie from Slovenia did to the Houston Rockets on Saturday afternoon at American Airlines Center.
To be perfectly clear, the Rockets were closing in on closing out the Mavs. The visitors held an eight-point lead with 3:09 remaining in the game and had the momentum in their favor after holding the Mavs scoreless during a nearly six-minute stretch of the frantic fourth quarter.
But down the stretch Houston had a really big problem trying to contain Doncic, who absolutely took over this game and led the Mavs to a pulsating 107-104 triumph in front of a sellout crowd of 20,254.