LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Dallas star Luka Doncic posted a 35-point triple-double, twice forcing overtime with three-pointers as the Mavericks edged the Lakers, 119-115, in a bruising National Basketball Association clash in Los Angeles on Thursday.
Doncic added 14 rebounds and 13 assists in his 10th triple-double of the season.
His step-back three-pointer with six seconds left in regulation — his only basket of the fourth quarter — knotted the score at 101-101 and they went to overtime when Troy Brown missed at the buzzer.
Doncic hit an almost identical shot to tie it up at 108-108 with 47.8 seconds remaining in the first extra session, and after two misses by LeBron James and one by Dallas’ Tim Hardaway Jr. they went to a second overtime.
“It was very physical,” said Doncic, who was sent sprawling by a hip check from Russell Westbrook.
“Two overtimes, a lot of minutes, you had to stay focused. Energy was a little low after two overtimes, but we came through it.”
