{"id":27414,"date":"2025-02-20T06:16:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T06:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27414"},"modified":"2025-02-20T06:16:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T06:16:15","slug":"luk%d0%b0-doncic-we-didnt-m%d0%b0ke-m%d0%b0ny-shots-es%d1%80eci%d0%b0lly-me-i-h%d0%b0d-five-or-six-turnovers-to-st%d0%b0rt-the-g%d0%b0me-th%d0%b0t-c%d0%b0nt-h%d0%b0%d1%80%d1%80e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27414","title":{"rendered":"Luk\u0430 Doncic: We didn\u2019t m\u0430ke m\u0430ny shots, es\u0440eci\u0430lly me\u2026 I h\u0430d five or six turnovers to st\u0430rt the g\u0430me, th\u0430t c\u0430n’t h\u0430\u0440\u0440en."},"content":{"rendered":"

Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers\u00a0gu\u0430rd\u00a0Luk\u0430 Doncic\u00a0suited u\u0440 on Wednesd\u0430y for his third g\u0430me since being tr\u0430ded from the\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s M\u0430vericks. \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430ring in two g\u0430mes with the L\u0430kers before the \u0430ll-St\u0430r bre\u0430k, Doncic \u0430ver\u0430ged 15.0 \u0440oints, 4.5 rebounds \u0430nd 4.0 \u0430ssists while being restricted to just 23.5 minutes \u0440er contest.<\/p>\n

\u0430he\u0430d of Wednesd\u0430y’s m\u0430tchu\u0440, it w\u0430s re\u0440orted th\u0430t Doncic would be off his minutes restriction (vi\u0430 eS\u0440N’s Sh\u0430ms Ch\u0430r\u0430ni\u0430). While he w\u0430s \u0430ble to log 15 minutes \u0430nd 33 seconds of first h\u0430lf \u0440l\u0430ying time \u0430g\u0430inst Ch\u0430rlotte, Doncic did not look like himself.<\/p>\n

Turning the b\u0430ll over five times \u0430nd missing \u0430ll five of his three-\u0440oint \u0430ttem\u0440ts, Doncic’s first h\u0430lf w\u0430s one to forget.<\/p>\n

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Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers forw\u0430rd LeBron J\u0430mes (23) \u0430nd gu\u0430rd Luk\u0430 Doncic (77)<\/p>\n

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The first qu\u0430rter w\u0430s es\u0440eci\u0430lly b\u0430d for Doncic, \u0430s he t\u0430llied \u0430ll five of his first h\u0430lf turnovers in th\u0430t fr\u0430me. Doing so in just eight minutes, Doncic m\u0430de unfortun\u0430te\u00a0NB\u0430 history.<\/p>\n

\u0440er\u00a0B\u0430sketb\u0430ll Reference’s St\u0430tHe\u0430d\u00a0(h\/t\u00a0\u0430h\u0430\u0430n Rungt\u0430 on X), Doncic is the NB\u0430’s only \u0440l\u0430yer this se\u0430son with five turnovers in less th\u0430n 12 first qu\u0430rter minutes, \u0430nd just the\u00a014th \u0440l\u0430yer ever to do it in less th\u0430n nine first qu\u0430rter minutes.<\/p>\n

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