Watch Luka Doncic’s insane play that sent Mavericks to overtime

Luka Doncic’s path to becoming the youngest 50-point, 20-rebound triple-doubler in NBA history didn’t all unfold during the last few minutes of regulation and into overtime of the Mavericks’ win Tuesday night against the New York Knicks.

But that’s when the 23-year-old Doncic’s stardom shined brightest.

After Dallas fouled Knicks guard Miles McBride a second time to get the ball back, down 115-112 with 7.7 seconds left, New York coach Tom Thibodeau figured the best way to limit Doncic would be to send him to the part of the court where he’s least comfortable: the foul line.

But perhaps there’s no spot Doncic doesn’t relish in must-win scenarios.

After Quentin Grimes fouled him with 4.2 seconds left, Doncic hit his first free throw, paused for Kidd to sub in JaVale McGee as an extra rebounder for the upcoming intentional miss, and then ricocheted the next free throw off the backboard to perfection.

He grabbed the rebound from a jumble and tossed the ball back through the net.

Swish.

Tie at 115.

In the most classic of Doncic reactions, his rush of jubilation — shaking his fists, shuffling his feet — might’ve included a shout at officials for an and-1 foul.

“I wasn’t going to get greedy,” coach Jason Kidd said, “but I think he might’ve got fouled.”

Doncic also clarified he thought the bucket served as the game winner, not to tie.

”When I went to the crowd like this,” he said, raising his hands, “I thought we won the game. I see it’s tied, and I was like ‘Oof.’ I didn’t know what to do.”

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He sure did come overtime, when his poise and ruthless competitiveness trumped all.

Dallas outscored the Knicks 11-6 in the extra five minutes to win their fourth consecutive game and beat New York in American Airlines Center for the first time since 2017.

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