On Monday, the NBA announced that Luka Doncic was named the Western Conference Player of the Week for games played for the week ending on April 4.
Then there was a game to play, Monday night at the AAC against the West's No. 1 seed, the Utah Jazz. ... and Luka deserves another award for what he did here, engineering a 111-103 upset of Utah.
The Jazz came in at 38-11, but they exit with a loss thanks to Doncic, who totaled 31 points, nine rebounds and eight dimes as the Mavs begin another stint without Kristaps Porzingis available.
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Doncic has now been awarded Player of the Week three times (twice this season). He joins the ranks of a select few elite Mavericks players who have won the award multiple times in the same season, Dirk Nowitzki (4 times) and Josh Howard (1 time).
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During the Mavericks’ four straight road wins leading up to Monday, Doncic put up some impressive stat lines—averaging 28.3 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 6.3 assists:
Mavericks 127, Thunder 106 (Mar. 29)
25 points (9-17 FG, 4-10 3P), 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals
Mavericks 113, Celtics 108 (Mar. 31)
36 points (11-15 FG, 7-11 3P), 8 rebounds, 5 assists
Mavericks 99, Knicks 86 (Apr. 2)
26 points (11-23 FG, 3-8 3P), 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal
Mavericks 109, Wizards 87 (Apr. 3)
26 points (12-24 FG), 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal, 1 block
(Meanwhile, in the Eastern Conference, Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday was awarded Player of the Week. Holiday cashed in on his recent success - averaging 26.8 points and 8.5 rebounds over the past week - and signed a four-year extension worth up to $160 million.)
And now Luka has done it again. A fifth-straight win.
Doncic and the Mavericks (now 28-21) aimed to continue their win streak on Monday when they faced the red-hot Utah Jazz. ... and on a bad day for KP, Luka Doncic won an award and hit that aim.
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