How Luka Doncic KILLED The Suns

Luka Doncic and the Mavericks have forced a Game 7 against the 1st seeded Phoenix Suns. The Slovenian has been the main figure with the Suns constantly trying to expose his defensive weaknesses. Meanwhile, Luka continues to put up historic numbers in the offense.
In this video, BasketNews Augustas Suliauskas analyzes the evolution of Luka in this series and the chess match between Monty Williams and Jason Kidd.
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[@ignasignas3606]

Yes

[@nelAjamZ]

No, but again that not bad they play against number 1 team on west.

[@matiasnigrum1348]

....Dear friend u gotta a new subscriber and hell yes I believe in victory for MAVS....warm regards from Portorose - Slovenija.....

[@andrewkassar502]

Mavs vs Warriors wcf the shooting would be crazy 😜

[@ken6674]

They have a chance if they play better.. If the 3pts attempts would go in.. And if mavs could contain booker from scoring..

[@hawjsta]

"Everybody acting tough when they're up, everybody acting tough when they're up" - Luka Doncic

[@nobodyknow4200]

Fasho

[@Tigerwolf-uq1fu]

Win or lose i will always love the mavs.

[@Hfjhtbhj]

Well they’re definitely about to win😂

[@SirLancelotS]

win or lose, i will always hate the warriors

[@godlymike1070]

@@SirLancelotS Same

[@jorgepangan323]

@@SirLancelotS Warriors Wouldn't care On your ass Hating on them Who tf are you? While golden states players living their lives Getting amounts Of Money just to play their favorite sports while you You can't even afford A ps5 On your sleep

[@beejaycarcagente410]

Same. You're not alone.

[@imdbtruth]

I think Luka's poor defensive plays are being singled out to a degree that most players don't get. However I'm not mad at it... I don't think Luka's as bad defensively as is being portrayed, but I think this narrative will only make him work to get better on defense, which is good and necessary.

[@littlebig2162]

I completely agree, he isnt as bad as its portrayed but its necessary for him to grow more on that end. That was a great take

[@AugustasSuliauskas]

I have watched all games of this series and I don't think I'm overreacting about his defense. It's been bad, he knows it, Jason Kidd knows it. One part of it is that he is basically a one-man show in offense playing 40 min per game and coming after an injury. A player this important has to find rest moments sometimes on defense and it happens that Phoenix are not allowing him to do so, targeting him on purpose. Other part is that he has never been between the most laterally quick players in the NBA.

[@vinko111]

This experience will help him so much in the future. Everyone saw he lacks on def, but the kind of person he is, he will work hard to get better at it!

[@ivanmaras6566]

@@vinko111 He is not a hard worker man. Nowhere near

[@Joe_Ma99]

His defense improved in regular season it’s still average at very best but when you’re usage is that high on the offense your defense is going to take a massive hit. His body type makes it pretty tough to be an elite 2 way player but if he keeps getting exposed he’s a competitor that really wants to win and doesn’t have the same problems with partying as James harden I don’t see why we won’t see him show up to preseason in the next few years cut up. For now he can rely on pure unbelievable skill and get away with it. He’s learning but ppl forget he’s still a kid.

[@enejsusa8253]

I think in a game 7 i take the team who has the best player and that is dallas. Great video

[@AugustasSuliauskas]

Thank you. Your choice makes sense, can't wait to see what happens in Game 7

[@noahalmeida2230]

Spot on bro

[@therealcapartist1690]

You’ve got great insight

[@zigstra]

Go Luka...greetings from Slovenia 🇸🇮

[@Mr.Hall3850]

Die hard lakers fan. But I’ve been a fan of Luka since cooked the clippers in the bubble 2 years ago. I’m excited to watch his career progress. He has a chance to set some serious records and completely change the game 💯💯

[@jlahooper2496]

As a Lakers fan I agree

[@blaznpride18]

LOL SAME! I'm a die hard Lakers fan and I gained so much respect for Luka in the bubble. Watching Luka cook the Suns was a beautiful moment

[@sleddinggybe142]

Cooked the clippers but never beat them in a playoff series 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@blaznpride18]

@@sleddinggybe142 Clips blowing that 3-1 lead was good enough 😂😂

[@jlahooper2496]

@@sleddinggybe142 they no need to beat the clippers in the playoffs the clippers beat THEMSELVES that's why they're one of the most losing franchises of all time top 3 with most L's I believe, last year was their first time reaching the WCF finals I'm their entire existence!

[@skillswiper]

Title is "How Luka Doncic Is KILLING The Suns" but the 80% of the video is just a lowlights compilation of Luka's defense

[@giriandrea]

Agree, misleading

[@alexwhite3830]

How Luka is KILLING The Mavs :)

[@skillswiper]

@@alexwhite3830 Luka legit the only reason this series is going to Game 7

[@kingwong1088]

Just like Jokic, Doncic is an offensive juggernaut and it is possible to win a championship with a carefully planned team around him.

[@user-js6fb9ii5f]

even if the mavs lose in game 7, i am very proud of them for reaching this far

[@1234jokerboy]

bruh you must feel like heaven right now after game7

[@godlymike1070]

@@1234jokerboy lol yep 😂

[@jasonparker1454]

they didnt win game 7 - phoenix decided to give up and gave the game to Dallas for free.

[@samgswfan]

@@jasonparker1454 … so the Mavs won. I’m not understanding your logic. I’ll entertain you. So if the Suns “gave” the mavs a win, then the Mavs didn’t win?

[@fastafboi843]

@@jasonparker1454 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣no

[@frankenviews4069]

Luka is a young guy, The best players improve year to year to year. If he works on his defense, he could easily be in the league MVP race for many years.

[@LeeeWai]

I'm surprised MAVS put so good fight against " the best team in the NBA " who may even loose to MAVS on Sunday. GO MAVS you have nothing to loose, no one expected SUNS will have such a problem with Luka Dončič and other MAVS, so we are at game 7, and MAVS deserves to win it. Peace!

[@TheFikfreak]

Wishes come true. Great win

[@hazorg16]

idk what'll happen but i'm so stoked for game 7

[@aliganjalikhany2101]

Great video. Educational. I learned a lot. Thank you 👌👌🙌🙌

[@SuperB1971]

Great breakdown. I can’t wait to see what happens in game 7!

[@Drumtixz]

bit late for that

[@AySeann]

2 months too late…

[@redjsaceda9264]

Sarcasm people...

[@slimjim665]

This was an excellent breakdown. Should have a link to a follow up video analyzing game 7.

[@slapsak1]

love this kind of videos, analyzing luka doncic.

[@sanket518]

Great video bro please make more mavs content featuring Luka especially how they will match against golden state

[@meichow3000]

Great analysis

[@kauffmann101]

Luka has to play more agressively on defense. It can have the chance to win in G7

[@evilchild2013]

Wow that was an awesome breakdown..

[@mank377]

This video aged like fine wine

[@slightlyoutoftuneguitar3671]

I wasn't much of a Luka fan before, but after that series he earned my respect

[@dustificator911]

2:18 actually CP3 was only 36 at game 2 😬 anyway great video! Mavs in 7!

[@kauffmann101]

Whatever win or lose in the serirs, Mavs is far exceeded the expectation of majority.

[@ravemasterharu]

love the Super Saiyan ( SSJ)Blue thumbnail.

[@WidgetWagyu47292]

If I’m Jason Kidd I’m stealing another playbook out of the Pels playbook and having 2 people pick up CP3 and whoever is inbounding. Make them work for every single possession. Also takes them a little longer to get into their sets without CP3 or Book having the ball. Play deny defense on book and try to contain CP3, if CP3 goes for 20 good force him to beat you. CP is a great playermaker way better then Book you don’t want book hitting shots and CP3 getting ez points that can convert to ez assist. Also book is a good passer but not at the level that CP is, Booker will beat you by scoring, while CP can beat you in multiple ways so make him work the whole night. Exhaust him he’s not in peak shape anymore.

[@tropicanstan4950]

he doin it as we speak!

[@solitude0456]

Ntilikina's the key piece for Mavs. Watch the games 3 - 6 and see.

[@northtexan95]

That's a really good video! Even as a Mavs fan I have to give the advantage to Phoenix being at home but it's close.

[@AugustasSuliauskas]

Thank you! Excited to see what happens in Game 7

[@richboyjullianhicks6604]

I’m from the future bet on Luka game 7 🤣

[@6kit9]

This game will be the real coming out of Luka! Watch him scorch earth the Suns

[@AlexGreat87]

Jesuschrist, that was absolutely nasty

[@6kit9]

@@AlexGreat87 yup blame CP3 and DBook for mocking Luka. We all saw what happened. He was terrific on defense lol. Clogging passing lanes and refusing to get hidden on D ha ha

[@TheFikfreak]

That was a great take. And it was satisfying 😁

[@gocalilu7093]

remember NBA playoff history that when a playoff series pushed to 7th game, there is no team lost All road games.

[@bumblebity2902]

2002, 2003 Nets Kidd team had similiarities with Luka's Mavs.

[@SidwellAdventures]

Whatching this after game 7 is hilarious.

[@debopriyokar4921]

'Game 7 won't be easy for Luka' oh boy

[@eddieesparza2165]

Mavs in 7!! Go Mavs! Luka Magic coming to PHX! Hope GP3 & Booger have been taking notes from Luke The Don because he is schooling them! Don't underestimate the Mavs! Mavs vs GSW in Conf Finals!

[@jayber1309]

My first time watching the nba was when mj still plays and i always like mj until he retires and go to kobe and when he retires now i go to doncic 😁😁

[@myria9344]

as a suns fan, i am very embarrassed

[@iainbrewin]

I want to see Dallas go all the way!!

[@swaran8251]

I have been following nba for last 23 years, never was a fan of a team, earlier it was kobe thn lebron, but the day cuban drafted luka i became mavs fan for life. Mavs always had a special place in my heart as i cheered for them in nba finals against LeBron (i hated lebron moving to heat). #MFFL #LUKA"THE DON#DONCIC"

[@wasifchowdhury6913]

I feel like Luca really should bulk up more like giannis and improve his defense cuz offensively he is one of the best players in the league, but if you bulk up you're a bit more tougher you can take some of these shots and have an easier time of defending

[@ednimenzo1984]

They just won game 7 and every mavs showed up

[@crmsnx3318]

Luka just torched the entire Suns. They woke up the Beast. "Everybody acting tough when they are up" xD

[@Goxilla]

The problem with Luka on defense is his mindset. He is so offensive minded that he focuses on positioning for rebounds to initiate the offense and that often times results in open looks. He needs to work on that and he actually did really good in the month of january and febuary.

[@deedeecurtis]

Luka at 23 From Statmuse: “Luka Doncic had the best defensive rating by a point guard this season, with a 106.5 rating.” Luka just topped MJ for Highest ppg in playoff history. 33.7 ppg., 8.5 Reb., 8.0 ast. That’s without one other Allstar on his team.

[@whocares3201]

Wrong. Mavs have no size and rim protection from bigs so he has to bump down to get rebounds and help on the rolls. You live with the occastional corner 3 because of it. His main problem is that there are games like g2 when he is totaly unengaged on defense and that he still isnt in the shape to guard elite small guards 1v1 to any extend. Mavs cant really rebound without Luka crashing the boards, just look at the first 3 Jazz games where they were down like 20 rebunds every game (despite the wins).

[@TheFikfreak]

Right. I hope woods signing will help, luka mustn't be the best rebounder by a mile for a team as the best offensive threat in the league maybe, plays very physical in the paint, spends energy too much. People judge him too much on D as a still very young player

[@vinko111]

Lets go Mavs!!

[@FF-7]

Doncic is the New goat,because he Loves this game and this Ball loves him.the Ball loves him,you See it in every game. 23 years old guys,23 thats crazy so crazy

[@kRzlamchop]

He went SSB evolution and overpowered them. The sun is damn near an infinite source of nuclear fission explosions but Luka took that energy. They only act tough when they up!

[@halfnhalf5201]

Holy shiiiiiiit

[@robertandsarahjones9347]

MY TEAM MY TOWN MY MAVS... If you don't Believe you shouldn't be HERE! We are playing with 🏠 💰 ...all PRESSURE IS ON THE 🌞s

[@LeeeWai]

Go Luka, GO MAVS !

[@serbonkers4130]

Well he did have balls to talk thrash while down and almost out.

[@mattg1094]

Same

[@carlourbina7253]

Mavs will survive, I do believe in Luka Magic. We all witnessing another jordan, kobe, lebron and now luka. 💯

[@erwinfischer2626]

dont disrespect those greats like that.

[@deant3980]

Well he just dropped a game 7 masterpiece. Another couple of years like this and it's no disrespect.

[@erwinfischer2626]

@@deant3980 yes i tis bandwagiddy wagon

[@number1sun]

Dont the Suns still have home court advantage? The Mavs haven't won in Phoenix since 2019 so if I were a Mavs fan I wouldn't get too excited.

[@jackastor5265]

True, but then again, the best team in the NBA shouldn't be going 7 games with a team that has 0 All Stars to help Luka. The Suns are playing against Luka + role players.

[@vantianhergheligiu12]

The Mavs hadn't won a game vs the Suns since 2019. Away or Home. After the first 2 losses they were 0 and 11 vs Phoenix in their last 11 games. Then they won 3 games. Still hard cause they haven't been able to make it a game in Phoenix yet but the fact that they didn't win there since 2019 is pretty much irrelevant.

[@JinhoIzanagawa]

46 points blowout at one point.

[@richboyjullianhicks6604]

This didn’t age well my guy 😭😭

[@Deejay_18]

I got the mavs winning game 7..

[@danijelhrup9715]

Cuz Ayton is a little better version of Zubac, only cuz Zubac is forbiden to pass and shoot

[@mymusicplaylist2609]

I thought this was the game 7 analysis

[@Avatookit]

Im just here to say that the SSB is fire on luka

[@mattskaggs5813]

Mavericks win game 7🎉🎉

[@genx2046]

I’m 7 minutes into the video titled how Luka torched the Suns but all I see is Luka getting rekt on defense

[@Goat-Matevz77]

Luka MVP

[@PG-cj3kx]

not only did he repeat....

[@big_m_tias6576]

Luka is unstoppable:Gets stoped by worriors😐

[@RobGradyVO]

Luka Did this while still kinda Pudgy, now hes looking Cut, Lukas about to have an MVP season just watch.

[@dragonballradiant2744]

Devin booker, call flopping the Luca, tries to get Jalen Brunson to fight him, talks trash to the Mavericks bench. Skip Bayless, Luca thinks he’s a tough guy. Because he decided to say one thing back

[@Dreamdancer11]

Yes we can only hope Luka can match the performance of defensive giants like Steph curry......

[@JohnyX333x]

Super sayian blue luka lmao

[@MikeDelta5697]

Mavs in 7

[@nelsontan8178]

luka special...

[@Jay-zb1iq]

Luka is getting "less fat" so I think he'll get better on defense but I hope that doesn't ruin his creativity on offense.

[@TheProfyx]

You really hate Luka, dont you?

[@nate-pq2lm]

Its a shame they couldnt adapt to the nerd warriors luka gonna come back like a demon this year

[@zalxs.7535]

sami brihtoli LOL

[@yahyakarim9713]

luka daddy owns the suns

[@lorenzodellalibera9557]

luka is the fourth player who own a team after jordan bron and trae young

[@dangda-ww7de]

Im going with the suns in game7.

[@therealcapartist1690]

Sit tf down 🤣

[@blaybabic]

First 2 minutes of video all good.. later... you just didnt recognize what dallas did.

[@manholeeunuchsbane6197]

And then almost got swept by the Warriors.

[@anthelcanilao4979]

Title is a freakin' click bait.

[@shaft9000]

THE MAVS killed the Suns, nobody does this alone

[@JohnnyBananas7x]

That phoenix coward waited for him to go by before he said something. Pathetic.

[@sin842]

These people who called suns in 4,5 and 6.. they dont know dallas has the 2nd best record after all star lol.

[@bruh6978]

First of sun have a player that makes you lose playoff every year. Cris pual.

[@LL-iy7bg]

MAVS WIN!!!

[@robertyap955]

Rooting 4 mavs

[@JohnBrown-lj2br]

Who else is here after Luka cooked the Suns 😂

[@evamariotti179]

Luka, Europa nezaboravi tebe,Kukoc,a Boban.Janis,on isto z Europy,da nas.💪💪💪😂💟

[@mobbossbrian2045]

None of the sun's can guard Luka they lost

[@kaspercole7]

I don't care what this guy has to say. The big difference between the first 2 games and the rest of the games (even the Game 5 that the Suns won) is that the Suns stopped running the Spain pick and roll on offense. They need to get back to that. On defense, the Suns have to figure out how to prevent Bridges from completely getting wiped out from the action on the first pick when he is initially on Doncic. You might as well start off with Paul or Ayton guarding Luka if you keep letting the screener wipe out Bridges with no recovery back to Luka. If the Suns fix these two areas it will be a Suns/Warriors Western Conference Finals!

[@von4774]

Okay Coach Nick from b-ball breakdown

[@rickgarcia8030]

They put Ayton and Paul on Luka and he cooked both of them. Next theory please.

[@von4774]

Coach Nick let you down

[@zeldinho6605]

this video is misleading, we all know that he is not a defensive specialist and never will be, so others are on the team but that you pull 2.3 sequences from each game and claim that there is a defensive flaw, but it is really misleading and amateurish, every player has these moments in the match ... but nowhere in the video does he mention 2 or 3 stolen balls or a blockade, but it's better to claim in helplessness how bad a defensive player he is...pathetic

[@simonsimcic1851]

Point god? Lol

[@whocares3201]

Idk what you are talking about most of the vid. Outside of G2 where he was terrible, Lukas defense has been totaly fine. As it has been all season long outside of few outlier games. He is above avrage at nearly every defensive metric, even elite for heavy usage guards. Finding a few clips where he gets beat on defense really dosent mean much. Yes in G2 he was legit terrible, his stance was totaly off and he looked dissinterested, but besides that he has been at least fine even in this series. You could pick out clips of booker or CP3 getting abused on defense and say they have been equaly terrible on that side but that is just not true. When you have a missmatch, you have to protect it as a team. CP3 cant guard Luka 1on1, and the same goes the other way around, there is no shame in that.

[@VArsovski10]

"totally fine" is an overstatement but agreed, the taunting and the smiles and the "Luka Special" made all the eyeballs of critique to get attracted to Luka, but then again it's good experience, he'll grow from it and will be even better next year if/when the Mavs get a proper rim protector (hopefully)

[@alexsfamilyoutdooradventur1224]

Mavs all day

[@negativezero3107]

HAHAHA, this video hasn't seem game 7 yet, oh boy was that a beating. Broke the Suns

[@hypnotic4225]

Mavs in 7 😂😂🤣

[@liudvikas7294]

Luka is killing the Suns, but the Suns and Luka are killing Luka

[@yvn_youngdexter2741]

How Stephen curry killed the mavs

[@coolst0rybruh]

Unstoppable until Steph comes in play.

[@KINGhotaru11]

Luka plays terrible d lol.. looks Hella outt shape but he can score tho

[@samolopo4597]

Green is going to injure Doncic mark my words 5/16/2022