Luka Doncic's Viral Quote About Shai Gilgeous-Alexander After Mavs-Thunder Game

Luka Doncic spoke about Shai Gilgeous-Alexander after Tuesday's game.

May 11, 2024; Dallas, Texas, USA; Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (77) controls the ball as Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) defends during the second half during game three of the second round for the 2024 NBA playoffs at American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images / Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images

On Tuesday evening, the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Dallas Mavericks by a score of 118-104 at home (NBA Cup).

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was brilliant, finishing with 39 points, eight rebounds, five assists, three steals and one block while shooting 15/23 from the field and 5/9 from the three-point range.

Shai tonight:

39 PTS
8 REB
5 AST
3 STL
15-23 FG
5-9 3P

Destroyed the Mavs. pic.twitter.com/pVgInzybSS

— StatMuse (@statmuse) December 11, 2024

After the game, Luka Doncic spoke highly of Gilgeous-Alexander.

The quote got a lot of views on social media.

Doncic (via the NBA): "Just overall, he's a great scorer. Gets his teammates involved, just a lot of times it's hard to stop him. I think at some point, you gotta send two, three players. It's amazing to play against a guy like this. The battles. It's fun. He's an amazing player."

"It's amazing to play against a guy like this."

Luka with high praise for SGA 💯 pic.twitter.com/R4s31Tv6Fi

— NBA (@NBA) December 11, 2024

Doncic and Gilgeous-Alexander were both part of the same (2018) NBA Draft class.

They are now clearly two of the best ten players in the league.

SGA IS HAVING A NIGHT 😈

16 in the 3rd and 34 for the game!

🏆 Mavs-Thunder 3Q on TNT
🏆 #EmiratesNBACup Quarterfinals pic.twitter.com/OYpgWu5mEs

— NBA (@NBA) December 11, 2024

The Thunder will advance to Las Vegas and play the winner of Wednesday's matchup between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets.

Via Anthony Slater of The Athletic: "Thunder beat the Mavericks in OKC tonight. Winner of Warriors-Rockets tomorrow night in Houston faces the Thunder in Las Vegas on Saturday in the Cup semifinals. If the Warriors lose to the Rockets, they'd return to SF to face Klay Thompson and the Mavericks on Sunday."

Thunder beat the Mavericks in OKC tonight. Winner of Warriors-Rockets tomorrow night in Houston faces the Thunder in Las Vegas on Saturday in the Cup semifinals. If the Warriors lose to the Rockets, they'd return to SF to face Klay Thompson and the Mavericks on Sunday.

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) December 11, 2024

As for Doncic, he finished the loss with 16 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and four steals while shooting 5/15 from the field and 2/8 from the three-point range in 40 minutes.