It’s not an easy task stopping the Lakers’ Luka Doncic if you’re a defender. In all likelihood, you’ll probably need to foul him just to halt his momentum. However, it seems this approach that a lot of teams have followed is taking a toll on Luka. And tonight, following a narrow loss to the Brooklyn Nets, Luka almost got himself into trouble with the league!
The Nets played quite a physical game tonight. Even so, the Lakers didn’t see too many calls go their way. During the post-game press conference, a reporter then asked Luka to clarify his earlier comments about the officiating in tonight’s game. But Luka was smart enough to not take the bait.
“I’m not going to say anything. But I think everybody saw the game, so they know what happened,” said the Slovenian to the reporter, only implying, not stating anything directly. We feel this was the right move for him. Luka was clearly frustrated tonight. And in his frustration, he may have ended up criticizing the officiating tonight. This isn’t something the NBA appreciates, you know? And Doncic may have been subject to a rather unnecessary five figure fine from the NBA.
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