Luka Doncic Rips Marcus Morris for 'Terrible Foul' That Led to Game 6 Ejection
The tension between Marcus Morris Sr. and Luka Doncic was a storyline throughout the first-round series between the Los Angeles Clippers and Dallas Mavericks.
Doncic was not pleased it was under the spotlight again in Sunday's Game 6 when Morris was ejected in the first quarter after being issued a flagrant-2 for a hard foul on the Mavericks star above the shoulders.
"Terrible foul," Doncic told reporters after his team's 111-97 loss. "Two games in a row he did something like that. I really hoped the first one wasn't on purpose but looking back at the foul this game, you know what I think. I don't want to deal with that kind of player."
The foul wasn’t the first time Morris had a run-in with Doncic in the series. Morris stepped on Doncic’s left ankle in Game 5. That’s the same ankle that Doncic sprained earlier in the series, though Morris denied that he had stepped on Doncic’s injured ankle on purpose.
Doncic said after Game 5 — a game the Clippers won to take a 3-2 series lead — that he hoped Morris’ act wasn’t intentional. Doncic tied the series at 2-2 in Game 4 with an epic buzzer-beater. 먹튀사이트
"I don't want to talk to him. He's just saying a lot of bad stuff to me... I just hope it wasn't intentional. If that was intentional.. that's really bad."
Luka Doncic addresses Marcus Morris stepping on his injured ankle in game 5.
Doncic has been single-handedly keeping the Mavericks in contention with the Clippers as Kristaps Porzingis has been sidelined with a knee injury. He’s averaged nearly 30 points per game through the first five games along with 10 rebounds and almost nine assists per game.
Morris, meanwhile, has been a reliable member of the Clippers’ starting lineup. He entered Sunday’s game averaging over 13 points per game and had nine points in 11 minutes before his ejection.
Morris said after the game that he didn’t think his ejection should warrant a suspension for their next game, but understood why the officials made the call that they did on Sunday.
"They had to make that call," Morris said, via ESPN. "I think, honestly, we had a lot of back-and-forth this series. It was a hard-fought series. I just don't want people to mistake playing basketball, playing hard with trying to hurt somebody. I think Tim Hardaway had an extremely hard foul with Paul George last game, and it wasn't taken in the same context."
