Luka Doncic Makes NBA History in Mavericks-Lakers Game

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | Last updated Feb 25, 2025 11:24 PM ET

The Los Angeles Lakers are hosting the Dallas Mavericks at Crypto.com Arena on Tuesday night in perhaps the NBA's most highly-anticipated regular season game this year. This is the first meeting between these two teams since their blockbuster trade that swapped Luka Doncic and Anthony Davis, among other pieces.

While Davis is sidelined due to a left adductor strain suffered in his Mavericks debut, Doncic is appearing in his fifth Lakers game. Seemingly getting more comfortable with each contest in Los Angeles, Doncic turned in an all-around first half against his former team.

With 12 points, 12 rebounds, seven assists, two steals and two blocks before halftime Doncic did some of everything for Los Angeles.

This first half line for Doncic also made NBA history. Per Basketball Reference's StatHead, Doncic is the first player since the league began tracking quarter-specific data to tally 12 points, 12 rebounds, seven assists, two steals and two blocks in a single half.

"Luka Doncic: 12 pts, 12 reb, 7 ast, 2 stl, 2 blk in first half," Max Gorenstein, a researcher for CBS Sports posted on X. "First player to record those stats in any half in play-by-play era."

Luka Doncic: 12 pts, 12 reb, 7 ast, 2 stl, 2 blk in first half.
First player to record those stats in any half in play-by-play era. pic.twitter.com/i5o3zdITOn
— Max's Picks (@MaxGorenstein) February 26, 2025

Doncic's all-around first half led the Lakers to a 59-51 lead over Dallas at the break. Entering this game, Doncic was averaging 19.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 5.8 assists in four games with the Lakers. The Slovenian guard came into Tuesday averaging 26.7 points, 8.2 rebounds and 7.5 assists in 26 games overall this season.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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