The Dallas Mavericks (17 games won and seven lost) won on Thursday 122-111 in the NBA game to Detroit Pistons (10 wins and 15 losses) thanks to the effectiveness of their star, Luka Doncic , who scored 41 points and got 12 rebounds and 11 assists.

The Mavericks imposed their third-party position in the Western Conference and from the first moment dominated the encounter by the hand of Doncic, scorer of 15 of the 34 points with which the Mavericks maintained an advantage in the first period over Detroit, which ended With 29 points.

But Doncic was not alone in the victory at the Mexico City Arena as he received the support of Seth Curry , who achieved five points in the first period and 18 more in the second (he finished the game with 30 points).

The Pistons were down on the scoreboard by nine points with nine minutes to go to rest, but a fierce reaction from Andre Drummond (20 points in the first half) gave them the advantage for the first time in the game of 53 -51 to four minutes from the end of the second period.

The Mavericks reacted quickly thanks to the incursions of Doncic and two three-pointers followed by Seth Curry two minutes from the end of the first half that put them at rest with an advantage for Dallas of 65-58 and an effectiveness of their field shots of 50 %.

For the third period, Dallas was even more dominant in the paint and Detroit accentuated its failures in the hoop. Led by the former Real Madrid player, the Mavericks came to take an advantage of 93 to 69 (24 points, the maximum of the match so far) three minutes from the end of the period.

The reaction of Detroit was led by Derrick Rose with his fourth assist for a triple by Markieff Morris and two points seconds from the end to leave the advantage in favor of the Mavericks at 95 to 85.

The reaction of the Pistons did not reach for more in the fourth period. The effectiveness of Doncic closed a round night for his Mavericks, which showed why they are the third best offensive in the NBA with an average of 118 points per game.

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