would it be a crazy statement if I said that he was the best defender on the floor today?
tdrr12
DPOY, for sure
Steph-Paul
basically Herb Jones of the Mavs
DarkDragon1025
Here come the think pieces about how this doesn’t count bc Kawhi is rusty lmao, I wonder if Luka can get casuals off the “no defense” narrative in this series
FoeHammerYT
They went after Luka possession after possession with Harden with PG with Kawhi. He stonewalled all of them. He looked like a DPOY candidate tonight and I challenge anyone who slanders his lazy regular season defense to watch this 2nd half and tell me he’s a liability.
Palifaith
Luka be like Look at me, I am the claw now.
jewaloose
White Claw
Jase7
How the turntables
Dalmanza4
He was pissed they sent the double that led to a Westbrook 3 lmao, he was screaming at the bench. He was feeling confident in his defense for sure
z1gmund
Luka with defense might be the goat lmao
xPeaWhyTee
Need to show his entire 4th quarter defense tbh. He was playing great D on everyone that was in front of him, not just Kawhi.
Bdawg555
Genuinely a phenomenal defender against guys who don’t have a good blow-by move
dmavs11
he just seemed to know Kawhi was gonna spin left
iCarpet
Locka Doncic
desirox
Luka played the best defense I’ve ever seen, same for Kyrie. Mavs were absolutely locked in on that end tonight
Dat_Boi_John
Need to do a compilation of Luka’s 4th quarter defense on all three of Harden, PG and Kawhi. Start the 2nd team all defense propaganda for next year early.
CrayonEatingBabyApe
So much Mavs flair in here. Everyone else busy scrubbing their comment history? This is just one clip. The guy was locked in defensively all game long.
unco_ruckus
This should not be surprising to anyone who’s actually watched the Mavs this year. Luka has been a decent to great on ball defender, his team defense is what needs shoring up. Super proud of this guy and his level of effort towards improving year after year.
LeGoat333
He earned a recovery beer tonight.
Positive-Media423
New mythical player: defender Luka
Difficult-Awareness6
He had 2 blocks in first quarter. Few deflections, forced turnovers and great defense on ball. Best defense I ever saw him play. Playoff Luka just different in effort on defense. If he can continue like this defensively, Mavs are good ,he has 7,2 wing span, just sometimes effort wasn’t there,and he cannot guard fast players, but he shouldn’t do that anyway.
Uchiha_D_Zoro
Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, & James Harden scored a combined total of ZERO POINTS while guarded by Luka Dončić tonight.
jfrodriguez1983
Everybody was great defensively. Kyrie stepped up too.
joejoe84
Several blocks also
No_Engineering_4925
But he didn’t defend when they were up 40 again the wizards so he must be a defensive liability
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never thought I’d see the day. This is crazy.
DPOY
would it be a crazy statement if I said that he was the best defender on the floor today?
DPOY, for sure
basically Herb Jones of the Mavs
Here come the think pieces about how this doesn’t count bc Kawhi is rusty lmao, I wonder if Luka can get casuals off the “no defense” narrative in this series
They went after Luka possession after possession with Harden with PG with Kawhi. He stonewalled all of them. He looked like a DPOY candidate tonight and I challenge anyone who slanders his lazy regular season defense to watch this 2nd half and tell me he’s a liability.
Luka be like Look at me, I am the claw now.
White Claw
How the turntables
He was pissed they sent the double that led to a Westbrook 3 lmao, he was screaming at the bench. He was feeling confident in his defense for sure
Luka with defense might be the goat lmao
Need to show his entire 4th quarter defense tbh. He was playing great D on everyone that was in front of him, not just Kawhi.
Genuinely a phenomenal defender against guys who don’t have a good blow-by move
he just seemed to know Kawhi was gonna spin left
Locka Doncic
Luka played the best defense I’ve ever seen, same for Kyrie. Mavs were absolutely locked in on that end tonight
Need to do a compilation of Luka’s 4th quarter defense on all three of Harden, PG and Kawhi. Start the 2nd team all defense propaganda for next year early.
So much Mavs flair in here. Everyone else busy scrubbing their comment history? This is just one clip. The guy was locked in defensively all game long.
This should not be surprising to anyone who’s actually watched the Mavs this year. Luka has been a decent to great on ball defender, his team defense is what needs shoring up. Super proud of this guy and his level of effort towards improving year after year.
He earned a recovery beer tonight.
New mythical player: defender Luka
He had 2 blocks in first quarter.
Few deflections, forced turnovers and great defense on ball.
Best defense I ever saw him play.
Playoff Luka just different in effort on defense.
If he can continue like this defensively, Mavs are good ,he has 7,2 wing span, just sometimes effort wasn’t there,and he cannot guard fast players, but he shouldn’t do that anyway.
Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, & James Harden scored a combined total of ZERO POINTS while guarded by Luka Dončić tonight.
Everybody was great defensively. Kyrie stepped up too.
Several blocks also
But he didn’t defend when they were up 40 again the wizards so he must be a defensive liability