DALLAS (AP) 鈥� Dallas star guard Luka Doncic returned to the lineup on Tuesday night in an NBA Cup game against the New Orleans Pelicans after missing the Mavericks鈥� previous game because of a right knee contusion.
The Mavericks go in on a two-game winning streak following a four-game losing streak. Their most recent win came at Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City on Sunday night, 121-119, the first game that Doncic has missed this season.
In his previous outing last Saturday, Doncic played a season-low 28 minutes in a 110-93 home win over San Antonio and scored 16 points 鈥� one more than his season low. He sat out the final eight minutes with the Mavericks comfortably ahead.
Doncic won last season鈥檚 NBA scoring title, averaging 33.9 points per game, to go with 9.2 rebounds and 9.8 assists. He鈥檚 averaging 28.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 7.8 assists this season.
Mavericks coach Jason Kidd, when asked before Tuesday鈥檚 game about Doncic鈥檚 lower averages, said, 鈥淗e has shown that he鈥檚 human. (Averages of) 28, eight and eight 鈥� you sign up for that all day long.鈥�
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