Published 11:25 IST, May 10th 2024

'Go ahead with this foolishness': Dallas Mavericks player RUBBISHES Luka Doncic UNREST rumors

Dallas Mavericks player came out and defended Luka Doncic and rubbished rumors of the unrest between their star player and the team.

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Dallas Mavericks and Luka Doncic bounced back in game 2 of Western Conference Semi Finals vs OKC Thunder as y won 119-110 to level series 1-1 and take it back to Dallas. 

Luka Doncic has been playing this entire playoff series through a knee sprain and was also hurt in his ankle after game 1. injury has been plaguing star player and he is not able to perform at his best. In a recent report it was claimed that Dallas Mavericks squ was running out of patience with ir superstar and wanted him to sit out due to heal. 

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According to report, "An anonymous veteran assistant coach, says you can almost sense a “sigh of relief” among Luka Doncic’s teammates when he checks out of a game. It’s a sense of, ‘Hey, now we get to play.’ It’s difficult to have any rhythm if you’re not touching ball.”

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Dallas Mavericks Player rubbishes rumors 

Dallas Mavericks player Markieff Morris came out on X and rubbished se rumors saying y were ‘Cap’. Morris me it clear that Dallas Mavericks were focused on trying to win Championship and couldn't care less about this foolishness and rubbish. He furr acknowledged that Luka Doncic is ir MVP and team has no problems with him by using “PraviMVP” tag which was used by Dallas Mavericks to push Luka Doncic's case for Dallas Mavericks. 

“Cap! We’re trying to win a chip go he with this foolishness!”, tweeted Markieff Morris on X. 

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Luka Doncic Bounces Back

While all talk was about how Luka Doncic is letting his team down in playoffs, he came out on an injured knee and ankle and dropped 29 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists to le Dallas Mavericks to game 2 win over OKC Thunder. 

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Luka Doncic's gritty outing on a busted knee meant that Dallas Mavericks stole home court from OKC and he back to games 3 and 4 at Dallas with everything still to play for.  

11:25 IST, May 10th 2024