Luka Doncic’s RESPONSE after the Mavericks were down 3-0 in the NBA Finals 🙌 | SportsCenter
[Music] John Wooden the legendary UCLA men’s basketball coach had a saying that applied perfectly to Luca donic and the Dallas Mavericks coming into Friday buried by the Boston Celtics in these NBA Finals adversity is a state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself being especially free of admirers then Mavs coach Jason kid before game four said it a little more simple no one in this room is perfect right so give my man a break let him play the game boy did he ever Don’s defense was picked apart by the Celtics and the critics while Dallas dug itself an 03 hole in game four he swiped steel and stood his ground I think he made a few people words he responded very well and I expected it and he made some things happen tonight I was very proud of him and um he grew and Luca um as we know can play defense and uh you saw that tonight just a totally different mindset and approach tonight from LCA daic his propensity to complain to the referees was ridiculed and this time he tamed his tongue no only thing I told him is just look you know going out there first two times you get fouled just don’t say nothing to the rest that’s all I got just please don’t do that when he is locked in like that and he’s not paying attention to the rest he is um you know a huge impactful player for us he shot 0 for8 from three but still managed to outscore Boston’s Jaylen Brown and Jason Tatum combined and rack up more points in the paint than the entire Celtics team through three quarters like I said at the beginning of the series this first cour and we’re going to believe till the end so we just got to keep going uh I have big belief in this team uh that we can do it uh so just we just got to keep believing while wooden’s wisdom might have fit before the game postgame the Great American philosopher Lenny Kravitz could be heard pipe through the speakers in the Mavs locker room one lyric in particular cut through the den baby it ain’t over till it’s over in Dallas I’m Dave mcmeniman ESPN it’s a rock Savant go ahead sing that music Dave the Mavs won the battle in the paint in the first three games but came out and completely dominated on that front on Friday they outscored the Celtics by 34 in the paint tied for the largest differential in a finals game over the last 25 years [Music]
Dave McMenamin tells Luka Doncic’s NBA Finals story after the Dallas Mavericks took Game 4 122-84 to make the series 3-1.
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If y’all didn’t realize games 2 and 3 started out like game 4 the mavs just got them figured out and rolling it could get scary for Boston 🥶
60 point calling it now
People easily forget Luka is playing on one leg with a bad knee.
The Celtics finish the deal in five . JT Show Me State represent .🏀
The fairy tale ending is alive and well 😂
Luka got to decide if he wants MVP he will probably lose finals IF he shares ball and play defense MAVS may make history
HORRIBLE finals. Celtics in 5
Mannn,, you can tell ESPN been starving to ride Luka, Kyrie and MAVS sausage!!! All ends in Game 5
If the Mavs steal game 5 we are gonna see what Tatum and Brown are made of
BOS fans like this, they get a possible home court celebration. 😮
This whole thing is so rigged lol
Boston really had 80 FGA and 41 of them were from the 3PT line? What kind of offense is this? Lol
When the league tells Boston hey you guys gotta let off some, we cant have a blow out finals 😂
Windy made sense, and Luka responded
Serious fact:
If you take away the Mavs' lob threat what do you got left when the only player who could post up on the team is the Point Guard, it is "atrocious" yet that's never mentioned. At least game 4 I seen some attempts at the post up and I think that energy alone changed the whole dynamic, I would love to see the Mavs keep this type of intention and intensity moving forward!
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Lukas Finals Numbers:
29.5 Points Per Game
47% Field Goals
8 Rebounds
6 Assists
Lukas Finals Numbers:
29.5 Points Per Game
47% Field Goals
8 Rebounds
6 Assists
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Serious Fact:
If you take away the Mavs' lob threat what do you got left when the only player who could post up on the team is the Point Guard, it is "atrocious" yet that's never mentioned. At least game 4 I seen some attempts at the post up and I think that energy alone changed the whole dynamic, I would love to see the Mavs keep this type of intention and intensity moving forward!
Red Sox overcame an 0-3 hole; Celtics would be an ideal candidate to drop a 3-0 lead.
Yes just don't speak yout mind cause refs can retaliate and tje world is ok with it
I mean a ref messes up and nothing will happen you say they suck you will be fined and then every game after that they will make up stuff and make the game go the way they want cause they was offended by words and it's ok? Cause now the game is all the players fault for sayin mean words 😢 lol
I could literally see the Celtics were very laxed on defense, I don't know if the decision was theirs but they are stretching this out a bit. I'm sure another two games would generate half a billion or more for the league and keep everyone working and getting paid.
This is what ESPN should be
This edit is insane! Mavs in 7 😀
Regardless of what happens the rest of the way….. Go Mavs!
Kyrie hat is wild
Why not us?
Yes! No NBA Team has ever won from being down 0-3 but that doesn’t mean it is impossible. Will it be Mavs? Well, we’ll see very soon. 😉
Luka haters disappeared
So he chose not to play defense before and now he’s trying.
Heart of a champion
❤Luka has game💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿 This will/could be the only team to come back from a 3-0 deficit 🤔🤔🤔✌🏿
Luka 45 pts burger game 5 incoming
The extender lived up to his name more than ever game 4 was a joke lmao
Where Brian Windcuck at?
You gotta complain to the refs when your teammates havent shown up for 3 straight games.
This series would be tied if Kidd didn't call that timeout, and if/or Luka didn't quit in game 2 or 3. I saw him! When he had enough of things not going the way he wanted, he abandoned giving rotational help on D, just let them run right through, and got beat like a dog on the dribble when the games where in reach of coming back.
NBA is rigged can’t convince me otherwise lol smh #sportsentertainment
I DONT WANNA SEE BRIAN WINDHORST ON ESPN AGAIN!!!!
Y’all still think Luka and Kyrie are better than Tatum and Brown? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mavs in 7
Will Al Horford get his ring or will the Cs prolong it to 7 so the NBA can get sales up? What sounds more realistic?
Walk wants them to win so bad
It’s the NBA finals? Haven’t watched the NBA since it got so soft about 20 years ago. Liked it when it was a contact sport.
Boston took it easy. Monday will be a lot different.
LUKA ДА СИ БИЛ НА
ОЛИМПИАДИ
So its lukas win?! 😂😂😂
Luka fouls out with a 30 point game and the narrative by the blacks on ESPN and sports media is: "Luka's a bad leader, Luka's a horrible player," while Kyrie was a total no show for two entire games and nobody says a word except good luck in game 3. It's absurd.
So he chose not to play defense before and now he’s trying.
Heart of a champion