Mavs 107, Kings 121

[omahen]

1)  Luka wasn't the man all year when he won the championship.  He was the second or third guy, and they had injuries and the coach was forced to push him up in the pecking order.

You mean Euroleague or EU national Championship? Luka was clearly the man in Eurolegaue whole season - the injuries happened in the beginning of the season. In the National he was second man, but his winning attitude totally transformed our team.

2)  Euroleague is still not the NBA.

But basketball is a team sport same in Europe as in NBA

Or this from the Memphis game...which happened a lot down the stretch...

You provided a very, very bad example here. What is better - a 99 % probability layup Luka made to put Mavs down 1 with 25 seconds to go or a 36 % KP three? Same action in full, not just the picture. And of course, the pass from that position behind to KP is extremely difficult and risky.

https://www.nba.com/stats/events/?GameEventID=588&GameID=0022000837&Season=2020-21&flag=1&title=Doncic%202%27%20Driving%20Finger%20Roll%20Layup%20(25%20PTS)&sct=plot

Edit: as for the second picture from Sacramento game - there is clearly no passing lane to KP open.