Jovan Buha welcomes Iztok Franko of digginbasketball to discuss Luka Doncic’s emotional return to Dallas and the state of the Lakers’ offense.

Jovan and Iztok discuss Luka playing through emotions, how he’s wired, Luka’s fit within the Lakers’ offense, LA’s defense in center-less lineups, why those groups are so difficult to match up with, how the Lakers are looking entering the playoffs, and more.

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro

1:00 Luka’s emotions + dropping 45 points

4:57 Luka being built to withstand pressure

7:19 Additional observations from Lakers-Mavs

15:47 How has Luka acclimated as a Laker?

21:35 What should LA focus on with Luka and their offense entering the playoffs?

24:14 LA’s defense in center-less lineups

30:13 Why LA’s center-less groups are so difficult to match up with

39:48 Evaluating the Lakers’ potential first-round matchups

47:54 Optimism about LA one week from the playoffs

52:12 Outro

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