Doncic scores 30, Dallas tops Suns
DALLAS — Luka Doncic connected on a 3-pointer to put Dallas ahead for good in the third quarter, then did a couple of other things that make the Mavericks believe they have something special in their 19-year-old rookie.
First Doncic disrupted an attempted alley-oop for a steal before an assist on a jump-pass out of a double team from close to half court to DeAndre Jordan near the basket for a dunk to help the Mavericks take control.
The Slovenian guard scored 30 points to go with
DAL: 19-22 overall PHX: 10-33 overall
six rebounds, five assists and three steals and Dallas ended a seven-game losing streak against Phoenix with a 104-94 victory over the last-place Suns on Wednesday night.
“Luka does crazy stuff all the time,” said Jordan,
BERKELEY, Calif. — Remy Martin is getting increasingly comfortable coming off the bench, even as Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley is making plans to change that.
For the second straight game the Sun Devils point guard was not in the starting lineup, though it hardly mattered.
Martin scored a careerhigh 24 points, including five 3-pointers, to go with eight assists, Zylan Cheatham had 17 points and six rebounds, and Arizona State overcame a sloppy first half and beat California 80-66 on Wednesday night.
“Remy was outstanding,” Hurley said. “He was getting guys involved and he threaded the needle a few times. He was one of the only guys really that had a flow and was making shots.”
Martin started nine of the first 11 games this season but came off the bench last week against Colorado and was held scoreless while taking only two shots.
It was completely different against Cal.
Martin scored 12 points in the first half then made a series of big plays to get the Sun Devils rolling in the second half.
“In the first half we let our offense translate to our defense, and that’s what we corrected,” Martin said. “We played defense, we got in transition, we hit shots and we started getting on a roll.”
Rob Edwards added 13 points and six rebounds while Luguentz Dort also scored 13 points for the Sun Devils (11-4, 2-1 Pac-12).
It’s the second straight win for Hurley’s squad following back-to-back losses to Princeton and Utah.
Hurley said he’ll most likely make another lineup change before Arizona State plays at Stanford on Saturday.