As heckling Oklahoma City fans learned during Thunder's Game 2 loss on Thursday, taunting Mavericks players can have adverse consequences, such as OKC's first...
Luka Doncic says a fan talked trash ‘about my family;’ Irving details Game 1 incident between himself, a fan and Doncic
“Little do they know, that motivates us,” Irving said. “We’re in OKC. We understand that we lost last game; they had the advantage. But we know how to quiet a crowd. And that’s continuing to be physical, continuing to score baskets.After Game 2, Irving described, from his perspective, what happened between himself, Guerra and Doncic. Irving said the problem started when the basketball bounced out of bounds into the hands of a fan, apparently Guerra.“The fan threw the ball away from Luka.
“Come on. That’s our generation that we’re in. Everybody’s trying to go viral when they’re at NBA games instead of focusing on the players and the task at hand. So when you do that to my teammate, of course I’m gonna stand up.”Doncic did not specify what the fan in Game 2 said about Doncic’s family, but, like Irving, Doncic made a point to say that whatever was said backfired.“It’s great for me; I love it,” Doncic said. Well, he liked it as motivation until the heckling crossed the line.
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