Newly minted Los Angeles Laker Luka Doncic played his first game against his former team—the Dallas Mavericks—on Tuesday night, and he handled it pretty dang well, all things considered. Rather than annoyingly puff his chest or give his ex-teammates the cold shoulder (though he did stare down the Mavs bench a few times), Doncic let his performance speak for itself, racking up a gorgeous triple-double with 19 points, 15 rebounds, and 12 assists.
It was, in every sense, a revenge game. And the 25-year-old superstar played it well after the fact, too, declining, whether intentionally or not, to elaborate on his relief that the contest was over while gracefully answering questions regarding closure with his former team.
