The start of the 2022-2023 NBA Season has revealedone of the most unpredictable performances in awhile.Despite knowing Luka Doncicâs potential, it was unclear when he could step up to the challenge in order to get himselfone of most wanted awards, in this case the Most Valuable Player. In fact, he has tied a recordunseen since Michael Jordan, after six regular-season games.
Despite Luka Doncic is a great player, this is no coincidence.Doncic has lacked of a good set of players who can play alongside him to get the Dallas Mavericks to a secondNBA Championship after more than 10 years since Dirk Nowitzki. It was last season performance what has been the best so far since the 23-year-old arrived to the Texas franchise.
However, theMavericksâ front office couldnâtsign anybig names forDallas during the offseason, but thereâs a new better version of what was seen in Spencer Dinwiddie in the second unit, as well as Christian Wood, who is playing a good amount of minutes that tries to stay within the winning zone for the Mavericks.
NBA News: Luka Doncic ties huge Michael Jordanâs record
By pulling up30 points against the Orlando Magic at the American Airlines Center, Luka Doncichas clinched six consecutive gameswith 30+ points each. Doncic is the first playersince Michael Jordan to do it in the first six games of the regular season, just asthe six-time NBA Champion did in the 1986-87 NBA Season.
In that regular season, Michael Jordanstarted with a 50-point game against theNew York Knicks at the Madison Square Garden, followed by a 41-point game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, and fourconsecutive games with more than 30 points each.
For Luka Doncic,he started with a 35-point game against thePhoenix Suns, followed by two consecutive games with more than 30 points each, one 41-point game against the Brooklyn Nets, and then twoconsecutive games pulling up more than 30 points each againstthe Oklahoma City Thunder, and the Orlando Magic.
