{"id":615361,"date":"2026-02-25T15:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/615361\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T15:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:08:12","slug":"luka-doncic-on-lakers-botched-final-play-versus-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/615361\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Doncic on Lakers’ botched final play versus Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> faced a sneaky tough Orlando Magic<\/a> team on Tuesday, and although the Magic were without star forward Franz Wagner, they fought back from a 12-point deficit in the third quarter to put the outcome of the game in doubt down the stretch.<\/p>\n

Even though the Lakers got outrebounded by eight, and even though they shot 31% from 3-point range, and even though Luka Doncic shot 8-of-24 from the field, 2-of-10 from 3-point range and 4-of-9 from the free throw line, they had a chance to win the game in the final seconds. Doncic took the inbounds pass and appeared to momentarily have a good look at a trey, but he passed it up. He gave the basketball to LeBron James, who had to attempt a highly difficult fallaway 3-pointer right before the horn, which he missed.<\/p>\n

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The result was a 110-109 loss<\/a> for Los Angeles. Doncic commented afterward<\/a> on what happened during that ill-fated final play between him and James.<\/p>\n

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“I mean, I just saw him open and I didn\u2019t want to lose the ball. We didn\u2019t have timeouts. \u2026 [But] I shouldn\u2019t have picked up the ball. I should have attacked. \u2026 That\u2019s on me.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It was a completely botched possession for L.A., especially considering the team had 6.7 seconds to get off a shot and didn’t even need a 3-pointer to win the game. Throughout the game, the Lakers displayed a lack of pace, and their overall ball and player movement was clunky and mechanical, which is a problem they have had on and off throughout this season.<\/p>\n

They will now head out for a quick two-game road trip that will start on Thursday against the Phoenix Suns. With a 34-23 record, they have fallen back into sixth place in the Western Conference, and they’re two games ahead of the Suns, who are in seventh place.<\/p>\n

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