DALLAS — The first game of the post-Kristaps Porzingis era probably wasn’t what we should expect from the Dallas Mavericks in the hereafter without the 7-foot-3 Latvian.
Foremost, Luka Doncic probably shouldn’t be expected to explode for 28 first-quarter points, or finish with a career-high 51, as he did Thursday night in the Mavericks’ 112-105 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers in American Airlines Center.
Although if Doncic were the face the Clippers more than four times in the regular season and seemingly every year in the playoffs, he’d probably have a Wilt Chamberlainesque scoring average.
