Luka Doncic scores 73 points in Friday night game

Luka Dončić saw Joel Embiid’s 70-point game and raised him three.

Luka Dončić saw Joel Embiid’s 70-point game and raised him three.

The Dallas Mavericks point guard scored a whopping 73 points Friday night against the Atlanta Hawks. It came just days after Embiid, the center for the Philadelphia 76ers, collected 70 points Monday against the San Antonio Spurs.

Dončić, who has been averaging 33.6 points per game this NBA season, not only outscored Embiid, but also himself and the Mavericks. His 73-point game is his personal best and a team best. Before Friday’s shootout, both of those records sat at 60.

It also put Dončić, 24, in fourth place for the highest-scoring game for a player in NBA history.

The Mavs celebrated the achievement by posting to social media what appears to be an edited photo of Dončić as a child, wearing a version of his current jersey.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/luka-doncic-73-points-dallas-mavericks-rcna135985

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