[Lowlights] Luka Doncic turns the ball over 4 times in a span of two minutes in the 2nd quarter, and then turns the back over in back-to-back possessions in the 3rd, as Mark Williams dunks at the ball at the other end
I think people are dunking too hard on Doncic tn but that play where he got stripped and Phoenix started running on the fast break and he looks at the ref and the ref calls the foul way after it happened is one of the craziest/funniest things I’ve seen.
People are not dunking too hard on Doncic. He sold the game with his selfish hero ball play that led to turnovers.
Luka’s IMMENSELY talented at scoring
But I’ll never care to watch him ball hog all game long. It kills chip aspirations and team chemistry.
Always wondered how teammates felt about it, and Rui finally gave us a glimpse
They should get themselves an All-NBA guy that is selfless and play team-oriented, defense-first basketball. Someone like Anthony Davis, a perennial All-Defense, 25⁄15 impact. Just ship that ball-hog, fat Euro Luka to Dallas so he can ball-hog and play ugly basketball and ship Anthony “Team-First” Davis back to his buddies in LA. Win-Win, I say.
Rui with that trademark honesty.
Wait I’m ootl what he say?
Rui: “I don’t remember when I had the ball this whole game. I mean, that’s happened. Playing with these guys, I signed up for that. I understand it… But with this, I think the whole team, everyone knows and understands, that’s not how we’re gonna win. Those games that we’ve been winning, we’ve been passing to each other, we’ve been trusting each other and playing for each other to win those games. So it’s a tough one for me, but it is what it is. It’s one of those games where I gotta just [forget it] and move on to the next game.”
Yeah Luka really kills chip aspirations, making the NBA Finals at 25 years old as the team’s best player. Great point.
Credit to the Suns defense. They put a lot of pressure on defense it completely disrupted Luka and everyone else.
Edit: Go to 1:26 where Luka is triple teamed. Look at Austin Reaves standing like an idiot doing nothing. Run the three point line and call for the ball to help Luka. Instead he’s just being a dead ass. Guy fukin pisses me off.
Maybe he felt like it’d be a waste of energy since Luka barely passed the ball
Rui was open a number of times and Luka just continued to hog it
Luka makes wild overhead passes quite often in near identical spots, he makes blind throws expecting teammates to be in certain positions which is probably exactly what Reaves was thinking.
Mark Williams with the happiest dunk of his life, I bet.
One of the greatest Lakers in 48 hour history.
Was that play where a ref only blows his whistle after Luka whines at him challenged and overturned? Not that it’s surprising - for as many techs Luka has earned over the years from complaining, he’s also managed to get plenty of calls going his way by glaring and yelling at refs.
Suns were out of challenges after trying in the first quarter on a pretty obvious Jordan Goodwin charge
Only 39 upvotes..
SGA would never.
Williams for Knecht was a no brainer
Bad game from Luka and the lakers, and great game for Suns even without DBook. But as expected with the smart people in this sub, overreaction and exaggeration to the max. Suddenly Luka and the lakers are overrated again but a few days ago they were a legit contender. It’s so taxing to be fair-weather fans lol.
This team can defend worth a lick. Got downvoted to hell for saying Reeves, LeBron and Luka can’t share the same floor defensively. Come playoff we will see
u/CallMeNurseMaybe just came
Stalker behavior 🥴
there’s 100% chance you’ll be here in a luka post
Lakers Legend, 48 Hour Head Honcho, King of the Lakeshow, second coming of Kareem: Mark Peabody Williams.
This was a bad night for him? Yikes. Dropping almost 40 on a bad night means the rest of the team wasn’t doing shit
I’m sure this is not a Big deal. Gotta keep the GWH narrative alive
This hype is a James Harden and Westbrook level talent at best. Just overrated slop that won’t stay healthy enough to win 2 or more rings
It’s awesome that as hard as you are hating, you still think he can win a chip. It’s hard to be more cowardly than Skip Bayless but you managed it.