Reggie Miller’s name on TNT’s reside broadcast completely described Luka Doncic’s game-winning shot over Rudy Gobert on Friday evening.
“He had him on skates from the beginning,” Miller mentioned of Doncic. “My goodness. ‘Dancing With the Stars.’ Whatever you want to call it. Rudy Gobert had zero chance in contesting this shot here by Luka.”
Occasion it’s simple to get stuck up in Doncic’s late-game heroics, the stepback 3 best put an exclamation level on an general dominant duel from the Slovenian. Doncic completed with a game-high 32 issues, 13 assists and 10 rebounds — his 8th occupation playoff triple-double and fourth in his closing 5 video games.
The near proximity between the triple-doubles has put Doncic in elite corporate.
All 3 gamers prior to him — Nikola Jokic (2023), Witchery Johnson (1982) and Wilt Chamberlain (1967) — completed that feat en path to a championship.
Chamberlain had seven triple-doubles occasion guiding the Sixers to the 1967 NBA championship. Within the divisional finals towards the Celtics, he averaged an out of this world 21.6 issues, 32.0 rebounds and 10 assists.
Jokic had 10 triple-doubles within the Nuggets’ identify run closing generation, and Johnson had six triple-doubles right through the Lakers’ 1982 championship run.
Doncic, with 5 triple-doubles to this point, is six wins clear of following that trio into immortality.
