TAKING THE LEAD Luka Doncic was only 19 years old But he was already leading the Dallas Mavericks Doncic and the Mavs trailed the Minnesota Timberwolves 111 110 in a 2019 regular-season game The clock showed 1 41 to go in the fourth quarter The game was in Minnesota so everyone was cheering for the Wolves Doncic dribbles past a Timberwolves defender in January 2019 CHAPTER 1
Doncic dribbled near mid-court and sized up the defense Then he attacked As Doncic drove toward the basket Minnesota center Karl-Anthony Towns matched him step for step But Doncic jumped off his left foot floating away from Towns Doncic hung in the air and waited until the last possible moment to release his shot It fell in for a basket Dallas led 112 111 with 1 28 on the clock But the Wolves scored another basket to retake the lead The Minnesota crowd roared With about a minute left Doncic again started near mid-court And again he attacked Doncic jumped toward the
Doncic throws down a monster slam dunk against the Timberwolves hoop slicing through two defenders He threw down a two-handed dunk to give the Mavericks a one-point lead The crowd went quiet But then the Wolves answered with a basket of their own
