Luka Dončić is happiness.
Last night, the Slovenian star drank two threes late in the game, the latter with only a tenth of a second left, giving the Mavs a 110-107 victory over the Celtics.
Have a look and enjoy.
There is probably more to study why this is, but a major reason why football and basketball are the most popular sports is that when moments like this can happen, the guys who can make it happen the most often get the ball. Aaron Rodgers or Tom Brady or Patrick Mahomes have the ball in their hands with the game on the line. Luka Dončić or Damian Lillard or LeBron also guaranteed the ball. You can feel the build-up of this in close games. The expectation of that moment increases over the last few minutes.
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Baseball and hockey don’t have that. McDavid or Matthews may not be on the ice when things are decided. They may not get the puck if they are. Trout may not feature in the 9th. At that moment we know Cole or Snell or deGrom won’t be up the hill.
Or we keep it simple: Luka Dončić hits.