Me nā helu 30 a me 12 mau kōkua, ua alakaʻi ʻo Slovenian Luka Doncic i ka Mavericks i kahi lanakila 132-105 ma luna o ka Pacers i ka Pōʻaono i ka huakaʻi mua i Dallas e kāna kumu hoʻokele mua ʻo Rick Carlisle. ʻO ke kaʻi kaʻi kahiko, aia ma ka papa o Mavericks no 13 mau makahiki, ua kipa mua ʻo ia i kāna hui mua mai kona hoʻokūkū kūʻē i ka Indiana Pacers.
Ma mua o ka hakakā ʻana, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Texana Franchise me kahi wikiō manaʻo i ke kumu aʻoaʻo wale nō, i ka makahiki 2011, hiki iā ia ke alakaʻi iā lākou i ke apo i ke poʻo o kahi hui i alakaʻi ʻia e ka German Dirk Nowitzki. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka pāʻani, ua hōʻoia ʻo Doncic ʻaʻole i haʻalele ʻo Carlisle, ka mea nāna i lawe iā ia me nā hoʻolaha mua loa i ka NBA, i haʻalele iā Dallas me ka lanakila.
ʻO ka hanana Slovenia, i ʻoi aku ma mua o kēia makahiki e Stephen Curry (Warriors) a me Ja Morant (Grizzlies) i ke koho balota ʻana ma ke ʻano he All-Star starter, hōʻike ʻia me nā helu 30, 6 rebounds, 12 kōkua a me 2 poloka. I ka wā o ka pāʻani, ua lanakila ʻo Doncic i ka pale 6.000 ma ka NBA, a lilo ʻo ia i ka lima o ka mea pāʻani ʻōpio i hana pēlā ma 22 mau makahiki a me 335 mau lā. I kēia manawa, ʻaʻole pono ka mea kiaʻi i ke kōkua o kāna squire, ʻo ka Latvian Kristaps Porzingis (5 mau helu), ka mea i hoʻomaha me nā minuke 11 wale nō i pāʻani ma muli o ka ʻeha ma kona kuli ʻākau.
I ka pau ʻana o ka pāʻani, ua pūliki ʻo Doncic a kaʻana like i kekahi mau huaʻōlelo me Carlisle, nona ka haʻalele ʻana mai Dallas, e like me nā hōʻike o ka media, ua hoʻoikaika ʻia e kāna pilina koʻi me ka Slovenian. No ka Pacers, Lithuanian Domantas Sabonis i alohilohi me 21 helu, 15 rebounds a me 8 kokua a me ka Dominican rookie Chris Duarte he 12 helu a me 3 rebounds.
