Mavs’ Luka Doncic first since Wilt Chamberlain with 7 30-point games to open season

Luka Doncic made history in Dallas Mavericks’ win against the Utah Jazz.

Per ESPN, Doncic has scored at least 30 points in each of the Dallas Mavericks’ first seven games, the longest 30-point streak to start a season since Wilt Chamberlain in 1962-63. It’s a feat that has only been accomplished three times previously, twice by Chamberlain and once by Jack Twyman.

Doncic is averaging a league-leading 36.1 points per game. According to ESPN Stats & Information research, that is the third highest-scoring average through seven games in the last 60 seasons behind Michael Jordan (37.0 in 1986-87) and James Harden (36.6 in 2019-20).

Doncic also had 11 assists, marking his fourth 30-point, 10-assist performance already this season. The rest of the NBA has combined for four such outings this season. Doncic broke Mark Aguirre’s franchise record for the longest streak of 30-point games.

As Doncic noted, it’s a stark contrast to his sluggish start last season, when he admittedly reported to training camp out of shape.

“I just know from last year I had to start better, because the way I started last year wasn’t acceptable,” said Doncic, who is shooting 51.4% from the floor. “I tried to learn from that and just do better than last year.”