Luka Doncic Was Yelling and Staring Down the Dallas Bench in First Game vs. Mavs

Luka Doncic stares down the Mavs bench. | @AlexKennedyNBA

When Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers hosted the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night it wasn’t just a game—it was a reunion. Less than a month after he was traded from Dallas to L.A., it was the first time that Doncic ever went up against the team that drafted him.

Doncic missed his first shot of the game, but he started to heat up midway through the first quarter. First, he hit a three-pointer over two defenders and stared at the Mavericks' bench. (That basket was eventually taken away because replay showed he stepped out of bounds.)

Then on the very next possession, Luka hit another three which led to a Dallas timeout. Doncic was yelling towards the Mavericks bench and still staring his former team down as the TNT broadcast went to commercial.

LUKA STARES DOWN THE MAVS’ BENCH pic.twitter.com/elsBPa8agX

— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) February 26, 2025

Doncic was also given a technical foul for complaining about a missed foul call early in the game. Basically, the game had everything early.

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