Clairvoyant Bill is still alive and well in the year 2024.
Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic produced one of the most jaw-dropping scoring performances of all-time on Friday night against the Atlanta Hawks. Doncic erupted for 73 points on a mere 33 shots. It was tied for the fourth-highest scoring game in NBA history, was the most by any player since Kobe Bryant’s 81 points in 2006, and ended up as the most efficient 70-plus-point game ever (with Doncic posting a staggering 91.2 true shooting percentage).
You can see some of the highlights from Doncic’s shock-and-awe game here.
What was almost as stunning as Doncic’s scoring masterpiece was what Bill Simmons posted to X several days prior. Reacting to Joel Embiid’s 70-point game on Monday, The Ringer CEO Simmons predicted Tuesday that Doncic would be next to join the 70-point club.
“Luka will absolutely 100% be the next guy to join,” Simmons wrote. “He’s like a -500 favorite.”
The 70-Point Club is cool.
Feels like 1998-2001 @SHAQ could have joined if he was focused on it. And Carmelo that night he had 60+.
KD could have done it but also never would have chased it.
Luka will absolutely 100% be the next guy to join. He’s like a -500 favorite. https://t.co/lvv31xEiAV
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) January 23, 2024
That is doubly impressive from Simmons. Not only did he call Doncic being the next player to hit 70 (in a league chock-full of high-scoring dynamos), but it also took only three days for Simmons’ prophecy to manifest.
Simmons rarely misses when it comes to basketball predictions. Just over a year ago, he went viral for how perfectly he nailed a call about the sale of an NBA team.
