Just over a minute into an early-December game against the Phoenix Suns, Luka Doncic dribbled behind a teammate’s screen.
This routine action becomes, in the hands of the Dallas Mavericks’ 23-year-old dynamo, a drastic and multifaceted threat.
Doncic might sling a pass across the span of an overanxious defense, to an unmarked teammate in the distant corner.
That evening, Doncic went with another option, sticking his rump into Devin Booker and scooting him backward into the lane.
By the time Doncic raised up for a 8-foot push shot, Booker could only smack his arm, tacking a free-throw onto the bucket.