Luka Doncic downgraded to questionable for Sunday’s game against Denver

Mike Curtis: Final: #Mavs 108, #Magic 85. Luka Doncic scores 25 of his game-high 32 points in the first half. He shot 50% from the field on 11-of-22 FGs. The Pacers, who are 2-4, will visit American Airlines Center tomorrow night. -via Twitter @MikeACurtis2 / November 3, 2024

How many titles do you think your good friend Luka Doncic will win by the time he retires? Goran Dragic: I really don’t know. That all depends on the front office, how they are gonna surround him with players. Last year they were really good. I think nobody expect them to play in the Finals. The chemistry with him and Kyrie [Irving] was really amazing, and everyone followed. I do think that signing Klay Thompson, they are going to have a lot more firepower, but at the end of the day, are they going to be able to play defense? So you never know, especially with now in the NBA, there’s a lot of good teams. You have OKC, they gonna be good, you got Minnesota, you got Phoenix, you can never doubt Lakers with LeBron, then you have Denver with Nikola Jokic, Dallas is here, then you got Boston, you got Miami, Milwaukee is a team that disappointed last year, but we’ll see. I believe that Luka will win MVP because he’s such a good player. He’s putting up crazy numbers, but it all depends on the front office, how they gonna surround him with a team. I think they have a chance, but we’ll see. I definitely wish him to win one because he’s a good friend of mine, and he’s coming from Slovenia, we have actually five guys who won it, Rasho Nesterovic, Sasha Vujacic, Beno Udrih, Vlatko Cancar, and I wish him to be the fifth one. -via HoopsHype / November 1, 2024

Timberwolves fans inside Target Center rose to their feet with a little over three minutes left, encouraging their team to play defense. Their team climbed back from a 13-point deficit and cut the Mavericks lead to two points. Luka Doncic, in the midst of another poor shooting performance, missed his first seven 3-pointers of the night. However, he knocked down a stepback triple from 32 feet with 1:04 left to help the Mavericks trounce the Wolves once again. “I don’t know how I make those shots and not normal shots,” Doncic said after the game. “Just gotta get the rustiness out. I didn’t play in the whole preseason so I need some time. But we got the win. That’s all that matters.” -via Dallas Morning News / October 30, 2024