Asking Luka Doncic what's next after 'physical' NBA Finals Game 3 | NBA Today

now that you've had a chance to sleep on it reflect on it a little bit how do you reflect on fouling out for the first time in your playoff career yeah it was tough uh probably wasn't the smartest thing um but just you know it was a physical game uh to get six Falls I didn't expect it you're the ultimate competitor I'm sure you wanted to be out on the floor how did it feel watching your teammates have to battle without you when the game with was Within Reach For Those final four minutes it's tough uh I was said you know it's easier to be in the game than being on the bench uh I was more nervous on the bench do you feel like if you had been in the game the outcome could have been different I mean I feel yeah uh but you know I have trust in my teammates I think we played some good possession I have believed that we were going to win the game uh obviously having me out there you know helps Kyrie a little bit more uh so obviously I think it'll be a different outcome but you never know so Kyrie said after the game you know what did you say to to luuka and he said at this point you just kind of have to give him a hug and tell him it's okay but did you feel like you let your teammates down yeah of course I mean like I say you know wasn't the smartest thing to do especially in this situation is the finals uh you got to give everything you a little tie out there uh but yeah you know KY has been great for me uh just having himone here so what did you say to your teammates afterwards it's my bad you know can't do that especially in NBA Finals you know regular season is a little bit different uh but can't really do that in the finals yeah to be fair though I mean you guys did figure something out towards the end of the game it's just hard to dig yourselves out of a a 20po hole what did you find towards the end that you feel like you can build on moving forward I think we're having fun we're playing our basketball uh that's we do we got stops uh we ran with paase and that's that's kind of how we play the whole playoffs you know uh outside one two games before the finals so just having fun on there we kind of forgot to have fun you have been dealing with a mountain of different ailments that continue to pile on how are you feeling now 100% you always say that I mean it's just no excuses I never have excuses I know it's a lot U A lot of people are banged up you know just at the end of the days a lot of games to play do you feel like you still have another level that you can reach even with being this banged up yeah uh especially you know uh helping my teammates out uh you know they played uh a different kind of Defense we' never seen before in these playoffs you know just let us go one-onone uh so I think I have I have to to help out my teammates more your defense has been under a lot of scrutiny maybe because you're hurt maybe because of of something else do you feel like you can help your teammates more do you think the scrutiny you're under is fair yeah for sure I mean you know they're always going to talk about it but the end day I don't think the biggest problem is our defense at this point uh I think we scored three games on the 100 points I mean that gives credit to Boston's defense uh but I think our offense is a little bit more problematic right now than than defense like I say you know we never scored three three times in a row under 100 points especially with me and Kai out there so that gives Boston Boston defense a big big credit so I think we got to do a better job with that like I said on 20 points uh we got to play with M more Pace I know you said you're 100% but do you expect to get another painkilling shot before game four for hours I probably yeah a team has never come back from an 03 deficit you know that you said that you have to have belief why do you have belief in this team that you can be the first because we've been through a lot uh we only been together for 5 months uh it was a moment in the in the regular season when we lost like five six in a row and you know from there we just went up and I believe we can do it uh because because of teammates I have and the whole team uh we have great chemistry and we're going to stay together no matter what [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]