When you factor this game’s attempts into account, Luka Doncic is schooting 22% from three in the month of March. This is on eight attempts per game. Coincidentally, Doncic was 0-of-8 from three in this four-point loss to the Kings. What could the explanation be for his exceptionally cold shooting lately?
-Taco bell addiction which renders hands greasy (not to mention the tummy cramps from eating two crunchwrap supremes with extra lava sauce before every game)
-Fatigue from grueling 82-game NBA season (Euro leagues only play three regular-season games before the playoffs and the championship, which are actually one in the same)
-The person who paints the lines in the Mavericks’ arena accidentally put them eight feet too far back (he also accidentally widened the court to accommodate the new lines)
-Stepbacks are hard (not everybody is Harden)
-The ghost of Michael Finley goes “Wooo woooo woooOOOOO” at inopportune moments (and also repeatedly tries to utilize Doncic’s young, supple body as a physical host)
Whatever the explanation is, Doncic will have an entire off-season to investigate its root cause and then come into next season ready once again to hit tons of stepbacks against every team in the league. For now, though, he is making my Luka Doncic Three-ilation a lot shorter by virtue of his unstoppable brickage.