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June 18 - June 24, 2021 Vol. 19, Issue 43 www.sportspagdfw.com FREE 2 June 18, 2021 - June 24, 2021 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 Issue 43 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com Follow us on twitter @sportspagedfw | www.sportspagedfw.com | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 - Issue 43 | June 18, 2021 - June 24, 2021 3 June 17, 2021 - June 24, 2021 AROUND THE AREA Vol. 19, Issue 43 LOCAL NEWS OF INTEREST sportspagedfw.com Established 2002 Doncic earns All-NBA first team Cover Photo: AROUND THE AREA the league MVP Nikola Joki led Denver in history to average at least 35-7-10 in a 4 all three this season). playoff series. RANGERS REPORT After recording a league-high 50 20-5-5 Doncic led Dallas outright in points and 5 BY DIC HUMPHREY games in 2019-20, Doncic finished second assists in all seven games, joining Oscar GOLF, ETC to Joki (50) with 49 such games in 2020-21. Robertson (1963 conference finals vs. 6 BY TOM WARD The former EuroLeague MVP also finished BOS) and James (2018 first round vs. U.S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP second to Portland’s Damian Lillard (60) IND) as the only players in league history 7 BY PGATOUR.COM Luka Doncic earns second consecutive with 57 20-point games and ranked third in to lead their team in points and assists in NINE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT All-NBA first team selection 25-point games (45) and fourth in 30-point all seven games of a series. 8 TORREY PINES Mavericks guard Luka Doncic was efforts (26) and triple-doubles (11). Doncic is now averaging 33.5 points, BY PGATOUR.COM named to the 2020-21 All-NBA First Doncic climbed into 11th place on the 8.8 rebounds and 9.5 assists through 13 HOLE BY HOLE LOOK AT Team, marking the second straight year he NBA’s all-time triple-doubles list in 2020- career playoff games. Not only is he the 9 TORREY PINES BY PGATOUR.COM has garnered All-NBA First Team honors. 21 (36) and is eight triple-doubles shy of sole player in NBA history with career Doncic becomes the youngest player in passing Fat Lever (43) for 10th place all- playoff averages of at least 30.0 points, 8.0 2021 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES 10 PREVIEW league history to earn multiple All-NBA time. He scored 25-plus points in a career- rebounds and 8.0 assists per game, but he BY NCAA.COM First Team selections. He joins Kevin high 14 straight games (1/22-2/14), setting has now surpassed Michael Jordan (33.4 ONE WIN AWAY FROM THE Durant, Rick Barry and Max Zaslofsky as a new franchise record for most consecu- ppg) for the highest career scoring average COLLEGE WORLD SERIES one of four players to garner multiple All- tive 25-point efforts. He also hit two game- in postseason history (min. 10 games). 12 BY BO CARTER NBA First Team accolades before age 23. winning 3-pointers with under a second 2021 NCBWA ALL-AMERICA The third-year guard also joins George remaining (2/23 vs. BOS; 4/14 at MEM). 13 TEAM BY NBWA.COM Gervin, David Thompson, Larry Bird, The 22-year-old started his second Mavs and Donnie Nelson mutually agree David Robinson, Penny Hardaway and Tim straight All-Star Game in 2020-21, becom- to part ways COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS AND 14 NOTES Duncan as one of seven players since the ing the sixth player in NBA history to start DALLAS — The Mavericks and BY BO CARTER ABA/NBA merger (1976-77) to earn two- multiple All-Star games before their 23rd Donnie Nelson have mutually agreed to or-more All-NBA First Team selections birthday (LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, part ways. Nelson, who owns 36 years of 18 THE TICKET WINDOW within their first three seasons. Isiah Thomas, Shaquille O’Neal, Barry). NBA experience, came to Dallas on Jan. 2, Doncic (6-7, 230) averaged a team-best He was also named the Western Conference 1998 and recently completed his 24th sea- AUTO REVIEW 27.7 points, 8.0 rebounds, a team-high 8.6 Player of the Week three times (1/4-1/10; son. 19 BY KBB.COM assists and a team-high 34.3 minutes in 66 3/29-4/4; 4/19-4/25), joining Dirk Nowitzki During his tenure, the Mavericks have games (all starts) this season. He ranked (four times, 2009-10) as the only players in made the playoffs in 17 of the last 21 sea- sixth in the NBA in scoring, 21st in franchise history to garner the award three- sons, been to the Western Conference Follow us on rebounding and fifth in assists, finishing in or-more times in a single season. 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