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Chris Mannix

Full Throttle Luka Doncic Is Exactly What the Lakers Need

Luka Doncic Rudy Gobert Lakers Minnesota JJ Redick Los Angeles Anthony Edwards LeBron James Timberwolves Naz Reid
Doncic (77) had another 30-point night in the Lakers’ Game 2 win. | Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images

LOS ANGELES — Midway through the second quarter of Game 2 of the Lakers-Timberwolves series, Rudy Gobert found himself in his least favorite position: isolated against Luka Doncic, again. There’s no play—in Dallas or Los Angeles—that Doncic likes more than a center screen and no center, whether with the Mavericks or Lakers, that he loves to hunt more than Gobert. Among the lasting images of last year’s playoffs was Doncic putting Gobert on skates before burying a three to win Game 2 of the conference finals. Doncic loves humiliating Gobert, a primal flex from one of the greatest offensive players of this generation over one of its best defenders.

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