With three seconds left in a tight game between the Phoenix Suns and the Dallas Mavericks, Luka Doncic didn’t mince words in response to a comment made by Devin Booker.
After Doncic missed the game-tying floater that would eventually cost Dallas the game. Both NBA superstars would approach one another face-to-face and be removed from the game with double technical foul calls.
Booker finished the game with 36 points and 10 assists to Doncic’s team-high 34 point in a 130-126 Suns victory.
“It’s just a competitive game, just next time don’t wait till there are three seconds left to talk.” Doncic said following the game.”
This wasn’t the first time Doncic made comments about the Suns in in a similar regard.
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Only 10 months ago, in the second round of the Western Conference Playoffs, Doncic took note of the Suns’ trash talk following Game 5 against the Suns, where the Mavericks’ floor general notably stated “everybody acts tough when they up.”
Despite the controversy at the end of the game, Booker made sure to alert the press that there were no hard feelings between him and Doncic and noted that it was all just “competitors being competitors.”
I have no problem with Luka [Dončić] on or off the court, but when we’re competing, we’re competing. You guys are just trying to stir the pot. I don’t have problems with nobody.”
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With the Suns and the Mavericks surging to get high placed seeding come the playoffs with only a month to go in the regular season, it will be interesting to see how last year’s Mavericks 3-1 comeback victory and the recent tension between the team’s two marquee players will play into not only the push but a potential meeting down the line.
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