Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks showed what they were really made of Sunday, putting a 51-point beating on the Los Angeles Clippers for their first win of the season after starting 0-2.

Doncic made it a point to tell everyone that the Mavs' first two games were only a fluke.

“We showed who we are,” Doncic said, via Callie Caplan of the Dallas Morning News. “People judged us the first two games of the season. It's a long season, but we've got to keep going.”

What he says is true. Many fans and media members often overanalyze how a team is going to be just off of the beginning of the season in all sports. While in some sports, like football, it can be an indication of how a team will be throughout the season, many teams can overcome it and have a strong season, even winning it all, following a slow start. Two games are not the season, and a team can easily rebound from the start.

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In terms of the sheer dominance and point differential of the win, Doncic mentioned how rare this type of a win was when asked if he's ever been in a game with this big of a point differential.

“Maybe never,” Doncic said. “Maybe when I was really, really young.”

He's right on the rarity and age group that normally produces a win like this. The highest level of play that sees these types of blowouts on a more regular basis is high school, and even there it depends on the teams that are playing.