[Statitudes/Justin Kubatko] March’s Top Performers – Highlighting some of the NBA’s top performers in the month of March. {About a quarter of the statistical trivia regards Mavs’ achievements in the past month}

[**Link to full article at Statitudes**](https://www.statitudes.com/p/marchs-top-performers-7ec?r=18rx7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web)

Rarely is an overview article of fun statistical facts for the whole league so dominated by a single team, really illustrating how exceptional March was for the Mavs.

Below is a collation of all the Mavs’ related notes – see full article linked at the top for the rest.

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Topline stats:

* Luka lead the league in total points scored, PPG, APG and triple doubles: 455pts, 32.5ppg, 10.1apg, 8td
* Gafford led the league in FG% at 82.8%
* Kyrie led the league in FT% at 94.9% \[37/39, one missed in each of the Kings’ games\]

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Trivia:

>• The Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic was the leader in triple-doubles with eight, setting a franchise single-month record. He’s the sixth player in NBA history to record at least eight triple-doubles in a month, joining Oscar Robertson (five times), Russell Westbrook (four), Wilt Chamberlain (twice), Nikola Jokic (twice), and Sabonis.
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>•Doncic averaged 32.5 PPG, 10.1 RPG, and 10.1 APG in 14 games. It’s the second time he’s averaged a 30-point triple-double in a month, the first coming in November 2019. The only other players in NBA history to record such a month are Oscar Robertson and Russell Westbrook, both of whom also did so multiple times.
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>• Doncic has averaged at least 30 PPG and 10 APG in each of the last four months. The only other player in NBA history to record four such months in a row is Nate Archibald (November 1972 to February 1973).
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>• Kyrie Irving, averaged 24.0 PPG and led all players by hitting 94.9% of his free throws. The only player in franchise history to record a higher free throw percentage in a month in which he averaged at least 20 PPG is Dirk Nowitzki (three times).
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>• Daniel Gafford went 77-93 from the floor, a field goal percentage of 82.8%. The only player in NBA history to record a higher such figure in a month is DeAndre Jordan in March 2013 (84.6%).

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