Luka Doncic Should Be Embarrassed By How He Acted in Game 3 of the NBA Finals

Luka has all the talent in the world, but let’s call it like it is: he threw what was basically a toddler-like tantrum on the court in Game 3. There were multiple times where he would flop on a step back three attempt, complain to the officials on the floor, and allow the Celtics to get an easy bucket on the other end. He has also been the target of Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum, who have been looking to get his switch on high pick and rolls, then go to work. 

The worst part of it all was with under five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. Matched up on Jaylen Brown in the low post, Doncic leans on Brown, who then makes an attempt to get around Luka. You can clearly see Brown hook his arm around Luka, but after Brown fell to the ground, they called a foul on Doncic. I can understand his frustration with that one, but you have to remain calm and think rationally on how to approach the rest of the game defensively.

Luka did not do that. Instead, he decided to try and stick it to the refs; force them to make an obvious charge call on Jaylen Brown. We’ve all done it before, you take a bad shot or you turn the ball over in a game, so you immediately go for a steal or a block on the other end to make up for it.

Luka stepped in front of Brown and was called for a blocking foul, his sixth and final foul of the game. What’s worse, he immediately looked to his bench saying, “You better f*****g challenge that!” As if it was obviously a charge. 

Luka desperately needed help in the first two games. Kyrie scored less than 20 points in both, but then exploded in Game 3. To behave like that, and then continue to double down at the post game podium, shows a lack of maturity, much like what Brian Windhorst said.