Per the Denver Put up:
JJ Redick’s problem to Luka Doncic in Denver was of the emotional selection. However he knew it could in all probability translate to the statistics.
“I would like at the very least one blackout episode the place he’s screaming indiscriminately at nobody particularly as a result of he’s excited,” the first-year Lakers coach mentioned Saturday earlier than dealing with the Nuggets. “Meaning he’s again. That’s the Luka I do know. The killer.”
Again from what, precisely? Doncic’s latest calf harm, sure, but in addition the psychological malaise related to getting traded away from a metropolis the place he thought he would play his whole profession. It’s nonetheless sinking in all through the basketball world that Luka is a Laker — that the Dallas Mavericks would select to ship off their 25-year-old franchise cornerstone.
As Doncic processes all of it, he’s been struggling by his requirements. However not on Saturday. The Slovenian level guard went for 32 factors, 10 rebounds, seven assists and 4 steals to steer the Lakers of their 123-100 win at Ball Area.
