Luka Doncic accusing refs of not wanting to call fouls on him

By Aris Barkas/ barkas@eurohoops.net

MANILA, Philippines –Luka Doncic got disqualified during the game against Canada, however, he was in total control in the press conference after, when he openly accused the referees of the game of not wanting to call fouls on him.

As he explained: “I think everybody knows what my frustration was. The refs told one of the guys ‘We’re not going to call a foul on him because he’s coming at us’ I know I complain a lot but I don’t think this is fair. They were playing physically against me, but that’s not fair, to say something like this”. 

Coach Aleksander Sekulic supported his star: “It’s difficult to play a game when you get hit constantly all game long. We work a lot on this, but it’s very difficult and it’s frustrating. You get tired of this. I don’t know if you understand, I know it doesn’t look good. It’s very, very difficult and that makes Luka so special because it’s tough to guard him in a legal way”.

Before that, Sekulic talked about the conditions of the tournament which were good, but “there were a couple of guys that didn’t like us”.

Doncic clarified that this has nothing to do with Dillon Brooks, but with the way, the refs treated him: “I respect Dillon, he is very physical, People may not like him,  but I respect him for what he does. And he does that really good.”

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