DALLAS — Luka Doncic winced at the question, debating how much he was willing to spend to be honest.
The Mavericks star is often at odds with officials, but he was especially frustrated after fouling out of Dallas’ 106-99 loss to the Celtics in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday at the American Airline Center.
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Doncic was called for four fouls in the fourth quarter and fouled out with 4:12 remaining. Jason Kidd hail-mary challenged in hopes of keeping his best player in the game, but to no avail.
“I had to challenge because it was a close call,” Kidd said.
“I didn’t think it was a foul,” Dereck Lively said. “None of us did.”
What did he think of the calls against him?
“I mean, I don’t know. We couldn’t play physical. I don’t know. I don’t want to say nothing,” he said. wincing. “Six fouls in the NBA Finals? Basically I’m like this (motions with palms out). C’mon, man. (Be) Better than that.”
Without him, the Mavericks’ comeback bid sputtered. Kyrie Irving hit a jumper to bring Dallas within one, but Boston scored seven of the next nine, which was enough to hold on.
Doncic, who has only fouled out three times in his career, finished with 27 points, six assists and six rebounds. He and the Mavericks will try to become the first team in NBA history to come back from down three games to none.
