The king of the Western Conference is here and his name is Luka Dončić.
During the month of March, no one played better than the Wonder Boy and the NBA agreed, naming him the Player of the Month for the Western Conference on Thursday.
This is the second time this season that Luka has won this award after also doing so back in January.
Luka’s scoring output in March placed him among the greatest players to
ever play the sport. His 600 points in the month surpassed Kobe Bryant’s 578 points in March of 2006 for the most by a Laker.
Dončić had some ridiculous games, like his 60-point performance on the road in Miami and his game-winner over the Nuggets at home.
Luka scored over 40 points seven times in March and ended the month with 13 consecutive games scoring 30 or more points.
Dončić averaged 37.5 points, eight rebounds, 2.3 steals and 7.4 assists per game in March. Luka was the NBA’s highest scorer in March while also ranking 10th in rebounding and third in steals.
With Luka elevating his game, the Lakers dominated the league, going 15-2 in March. They haven’t won that many games in a month since 2000.
This award only strengthens Luka’s MVP case. He’s been named the best player in the West twice, while Victor Wembanayama only won it in February and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won it back in December.
Luka is also a shoo-in to be the scoring king of the league.
He’s averaging 33.8 points per game, just a decimal point off his career-best of 33.9 in the 2022-23 season when he led the Dallas Mavericks to an NBA Finals appearance.
With the Lakers currently sitting at the No. 3 spot in the Western Conference and Luka playing some of the best basketball of his career, they look like one of the teams to beat as the regular season comes to a close.
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