After a steady start to his stint with the LA Lakers, Luka Doncic has found his footing in his new franchise. Doncic delivered yet another stand-out performance on Wednesday in the crucial game against the Denver Nuggets at the Crpto.com arena. The pressure was on Doncic as LeBron James was certain to miss out, but the Slovenian was able to woo the fans and once again justified his signing.
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Luka Doncic Complaints About Lack of Practice
The win has brought the Lakers to the 3rd spot in the Western Conference standings. The push for the playoffs is in full swing but the players would have to deal with an exhaustive schedule without an ideal practice time.
Highlighting the same, LeBron told Scott Van Pelt a few weeks ago that the players never had an opportunity to adjust to the new-look roster. Doncic also mentioned this weakness following Wednesday night's victory over the Denver Nuggets.
While acknowledging it to Van Pelt, Doncic added that he and the team were able to find ways to make things work despite the jam-packed schedule.
“Yeah, we basically have no practice,” he said. “We don’t have time to practice. We’ve played six games in eight days, so it’s impossible to practice. Obviously, it’s been tough because, in practice, you get chemistry, so it’s nice to figure that out.”
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Luka Doncic Has Settled Well
While Luka Doncic wants to develop more chemistry with his teammates, so far, he has done a terrific job in the account. Ahead of his arrival at the Lakers, fans were skeptical about whether he will be able to form a tuning with the Lakers' talisman, LeBron James, but he put all the doubts to rest by complementing James spectacularly. Moreover, as Doncic has begun to shine in the absence of LeBron as well, the future looks bright for him at the franchise and a push for the championship is certainly on as James is expected to recover from the groin injury soon to join the squad.