NBA》Jordan and Bryant couldn’t do it! Foreign media pay attention to Doncic's challenge to Chamberlain's historical feat

Doncic, the first brother of the Lakers. (AP)

[Reporter Lu Yangxuan/Comprehensive Report] Luka Doncic, the first brother of the Lakers, scored a season-high 53 points against the Trail Blazers today. Foreign media have also begun to pay attention to whether he can challenge to become the first player to average 40 points per game in a single season since Wilt Chamberlain.

The 27-year-old Doncic's highest career average in a single season was 33.9 points in the 2023-24 season with the Mavericks. So far this season, he has averaged 40.1 points in 9 games. In addition to being the league's scoring leader, he also has to challenge to become the first player in the league to average 40 points per game in a single season after Chamberlain's 44.8 points in the 1962-63 season.

In the past, "Basketball God" Michael Jordan, Lakers star Kobe Bryant and James Harden Harden has been very close to this record. "ESPN" pointed out that Jordan's 37.1 points per game in the 1986-87 season was the highest record since the three-pointer era. Harden averaged 36.1 points per game in the 2018-19 season. 1 point is the most astonishing single-season performance of scoring firepower in the 21st century. As for Bryant's 35.4 points per game in the 2005-06 season, it is the highest single-season scoring average by a Lakers player since the merger of the NBA and ABA in 1976.

In this regard, Doncic said, "Obviously, this is a long season. We have only played 10 games so far, and there are still 72 games to play. As long as we can continue to win, I have no problem. I did take a lot of shots today. I won't lie. I hope this performance can continue, but no one can say what will happen in the future."