Luka Doncic continues to be an absolute basketball menace.
The Los Angeles Lakers star Doncic went viral during the first quarter of his team’s game on Wednesday against the Denver Nuggets. Playing without co-star LeBron James (who remains sidelined with a groin injury), Doncic was deep in his bag from the very beginning of the contest. The five-time NBA All-Star Doncic rattled off 20 points on the Nuggets within just the first seven-and-a-half minutes of the first period.
As the quarter was about to draw to a close, Doncic was fouled by Nuggets two-way forward Spencer Jones and stepped up to the free throw line with a chance to add to his total. Doncic missed his first foul shot though, and someone in the Crypto dot com Arena crowd immediately yelled out, “Ball don’t lie!”
Doncic didn’t hold back in response. In between free throws, Doncic looked over and fired back by saying, “I got 20, you’re talking about ball don’t lie.”
The moment became much more icy when Doncic went on to make the second free throw.
That was clearly not the best course of action, and it looked like a rival supporter was making fun of Doncic there. With 25 points at the end of the first half, Doncic helped the Lakers vault out to a 73-59 lead over the Nuggets, who were playing without both Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray. Additionally, Doncic added to his trash talk highlight reel, which earlier this week was also seen by Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns.
