Kolek planning to go pro
60-21-10 for Luka tonight.
Wow. Those are Wilt numbers.
Luka also foiled Tom Thibodeau's foul-up-3 strategy at the end of regulation.Luka made the first FT, intentionally missed the second, got the rebound himself and hit a contested, falling-down 12-footer at the buzzer to tie it.A lot of NBA coaches do not foul up 3. I have seen a few quoted as saying that NBA refs are more liberal with in-act-of-shooting calls than college refs are, and NBA players are better at making the 3 while fouled than college players are.
Last guy with 60/20 was Shaq - he didn’t have 10 assists, though. Amazing performance by young guy (23 or 24?) who looks like he’s still carrying some baby fat.
Despite the baby fat, he gets anywhere he wants on the court. Guys like Giannis and Morant get there with power or quickness. Luka gets there because he wants to.
If you can clearly foul before it’s an act of shooting situation it’s still the right play imo. Every pro team has multiple players who are at least very good 3 point shooters.The reason everyone is talking about Luka’s play at the end of regulation is because it’s extremely difficult to pull off.
And Luka's rebound and shot at the buzzer were completely insane. He had no business getting that rebound...it went through three Knicks' hands before it fell to Luka and then his shot was ridiculous. In general, "it's extremely difficult to pull off." In this case, Luka turned the difficulty level up to 11. Amazing.
What does this even mean? He teleports?
I see Grayson Allen doing Grayson Allen things again.
Donovan Mitchell scored 71 tonight in the Cavs’ win over Chicago. Arguably, his best basket of the night came after Chicago fouled him while up three with 4.1 left in regulation. Mitchell rebounded his intentional miss and made a great shot. It broke the Bulls’ spirit. Reminiscent of Luka last week.
He committed a lane violation on the scramble to the shot but they were never gonna call that
Pretty sure the NBA only calls it if the first rebounder is literally standing under the hoop when the shot is taken.I watched part of the Mavs game last night and Christian Wood, I believe, stepped into the lane, sort of stuttered back into place realizing what he did, and still stepped firmly into the lane while the shooter was still going up and the FT was missed, nothing called.
The Greatest Team In NBA History lost by 1,000 points to an Oklahoma City team playing without SGA.At least Sam got a lot of garbage-time minutes.
Either way, Luka is absolutely out of his mind and on his way to becoming a first ballot HOF before he even reaches his prime. Between him and what Giannis, Jokic, Tatum, SGA and Mitchell are doing on a nightly basis, its a surreal time to be an NBA fan even if your primary team stinks.