The extraordinary Doncic did not hide his tears after 45 points: « Luke, thank you for everything! »

The return of Luka Doncic to Dallas was something special. After six and a half years of residence in Texas, where he created a family and superstar status in the NBA, Luka first visited Dallas as a guest and led his new team to win 112: 97. Before the match, the franchise, which he chose on the set, bowed to him with a beautiful video, thanking them with 45 points. There was an exclamation of « MVP » from the stands, and there is no doubt that the audience is still making him into the stars.

Doncic did not pretend before the first Dallas game that it was another normal night, but also did not want to miss Tuesday’s meeting in Oklahoma to rest for a duel at the American Airlines Center. They did emotions and adrenaline, Dallas made special T -shirts in the seats for 20,000 fans, with the inscription « Thank you for all » in Slovenian, and before the match they spun a special video of Doncic’s best moments in Dallas.

Luke wiped his tears with a towel several times, but when he stepped on the parquet, he was done. In the first half, he showed everything he knew, at the first basket, the stands exploded from enthusiasm, until halftime Doncic scored 31 points on the game 11/16, scoring six triples. Los Angeles maintained the lead, and Doncic stepped up to 45 points in his style. The match was decided when he made a personal mistake of 1:30 before the end so that the stands could say goodbye to the standing ovations of his pet.

A special evening for Slovenian and all in Dallas and Los Angeles is over, with a 112: 97 victory, Lakers confirmed the playoffs. Lebron James scored 27 points, Anthony Davis, the central figure of the change for Doncic, and in the first game against the former team 13 points and 11 rebounds.

In the other two games that will be this weekend, Lakers only need another victory to confirm the third place in the Western Conference and the status of the holder in the first round of the playoffs.