*submits Rookie of the Year ballot for Luka Doncic 6 months in advance*
The rookie led the Mavs with a team-high 21 points, including a personal 11-0 run to end the game to defeat the Rockets on Saturday night.
The game was incredibly competitive throughout, with the Rockets and Mavs trading leads and momentum shifts. However, throughout most of the first three quarters, the lead landed in Dallas’s hands. But Houston was able to keep pace with Dallas every step in the way. Dallas never led by more than eight points.
However, the fourth quarter saw Houston go on its best run of the game, an 18-7 run that spanned the first nine minutes of the fourth quarter, to lead by eight points with just 3:09 left on the clock.