Luka Doncic finally regrets requesting the expulsion of a Suns fan

We know it, Luka Doncic has difficulty channeling his frustration, especially against the referees. Against the Suns, it was also against a Phoenix fan, a little too quiet in the eyes of the Slovenian…

With a clear head, the All-Star admits that he should not have requested the expulsion of the supporter in question.

“I probably shouldn’t have done that.”, he confided on TNTahead of the meeting between Dallas and Atlanta. “When I'm wrong, I admit it. I probably shouldn't have done that, but it lasted the whole match. »

The fan was obviously above all an outlet for Luka Doncic, annoyed by the turn of the match with the Mavericks totally turned around by Devin Booker and company. Because the words of the supporter (“Luka, you’re tired! Get your ass back on the treadmill!”) were more demure than insulting.

“It lasted the whole match, but I was really frustrated”confirms Luka Doncic. “We were losing. I twisted my ankle in the first half. There were just a lot of emotions.”

A general bad habit

And a lot of frustration as Dallas (24-20) suffered a third consecutive defeat.

The fan in question was not even expelled. The Dallas safety simply asked him if it was OK to move further from the field, and sit higher. What he accepted, the Suns having taken off.

But Luka Doncic's annoyance with referees, fans and reporters (he criticized ESPN's Tim MacMahon for always being the first to say negative things about him when the latter asked him about the The incident at the press conference…) does not help the Mavericks, who are often too focused on refereeing.

” It became a habit. And it’s unfortunate”responded Jason Kidd about his players who think more about the whistles than the game. “The referees are the referees. They're going to whistle things, be right or wrong, that's the nature of the league. But we can't get the whistles on every action. »