Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks just finished a tough NBA playoff win over the Oklahoma City Thunder, and now he had to face another obstacle. And if not an obstacle, at least someone randomly moaned as he tried to speak at the postgame press conference.
Doncic had just finished scoring 29 points in the Mavs' 119-110 road win and was speaking with reporters, when suddenly and oddly, a woman's voice could be heard in the background. It was a moan of distress, or pleasure, and briefly on repeat.
It came at the end of a sentence in which Doncic, of course, was sharing his thoughts on the game. He then looked up, with eyes wide open, as the moaning continued. Then he just looked down and shook his head. The media laughed as he did.
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Of course, if anyone should have been doing the moaning, it was Doncic. He had to battle through a sprained right knee and a bloodied left knee.
"I think that was one of the hardest games I've had to play," he told reporters. "I'm battling out there trying to do my best to help the team win."
Doncic shot just 6-of-19 for 19 points in the Mavs' Game 1 loss. He went 11-of-21 shooting in this one. In both, he was heartily booed by Thunder fans.
"That's great for me," he said. "I love it."
The series is tied at 1-all as it now heads to Dallas for Games 3 and 4.
"They have great players," Doncic told reporters of the Thunder. "They have great chemistry, great team. And it's going to be tough. It's going to be a fight till the end. So, just much respect to Oklahoma (City), but it's big time we won this game."
