Ngamaphuzu angama-30 nabasizi abangu-12, uLuka Doncic waseSlovenia uhole iMavericks ekuwine iPacers ngo-132-105 ngoMgqibelo ekuvakasheleni okokuqala eDallas ngumqeqeshi wakhe wakudala uRick Carlisle. Lo mqeqeshi osemnkantshubomvu, owahlala ebhentshini likaMavericks iminyaka engu-13, waqala ukuvakashela iqembu lakhe lakudala selokhu ekhankasele i-Indiana Pacers.
Ngaphambi kokungqubuzana, i-Texana Franchise ikhokhele intela ngevidiyo ethinta inhliziyo kumqeqeshi oyedwa, ngo-2011, wakwazi ukubaqondisa eringini ephethe iqembu eliholwa nguDirk Nowitzki waseJalimane. Lapho umdlalo usuqalile, uDoncic wenza isiqiniseko sokuthi uCarlisle, owamthwala ngaphezu kwemikhankaso yakuqala kakhulu ku-NBA, akazange ayishiye iDallas iwinile.
Umcimbi waseSlovenia, kulo nyaka udlulwe ngoStephen Curry (Warriors) noJa Morant (Grizzlies) ekuvoteni njengomqali we-All-Star, ubukise ngamaphuzu angu-30, ama-rebounds angu-6, ama-assist angu-12 nama-blocks angu-2. Phakathi nomdlalo u-Doncic uwine umgoqo wamaphuzu angu-6.000 ku-NBA, waba umdlali wesihlanu omncane ukwenza lokho eneminyaka engu-22 nezinsuku ezingu-335. Ngalesi sikhathi unogada wamaphuzu akazange adinge usizo lwe-squire yakhe, i-Latvian Kristaps Porzingis (amaphuzu angu-5), okwakudingeka athathe umhlalaphansi ngemizuzu engu-11 kuphela edlalwe ngenxa yokungakhululeki edolweni lakhe langakwesokudla.
Ekupheleni komdlalo, u-Doncic wamanga futhi wabelana ngamagama ambalwa no-Carlisle, ukuhamba kwakhe e-Dallas, ngokusho kwemibiko yabezindaba, kugqugquzelwe ngokwengxenye ubuhlobo bakhe obunameva nesiSlovenia. KumaPacers, uDomantas Sabonis waseLithuania ugqame ngamaphuzu angama-21, ama-rebounds angu-15 nabasizi abangu-8 kwathi umculi waseDominican uChris Duarte enamaphuzu angu-12 nama-rebounds angu-3.
