controversy! Trae Young was mocked for trying to fake the fall too exaggerated Doncic was emotionally upset and covered his face with a bitter smile helplessly
On February 7, Beijing time, two "enemies of a lifetime" ushered in a duel. In the end, Doncic defeated Trae Young. Throughout the game, Doncic had a triple-double of 18 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, and Trae Young made 6-of-19 shooting for 17 points and 11 assists. During the game, there was also a scene of controversy.
Doncic suffered his fifth foul and was nearly left by six fouls. The fifth offender given to Doncic was Trae Young, but this time the foul caused a lot of controversy.
At 11 minutes and 08 seconds into the third quarter, Collins missed a dunk and the ball popped up, just in time to be picked up by Young. At this time, Doncic also stepped forward to grab the ball, and the two had physical contact. At the moment when the two made physical contact, Yang directly bounced away, leaned back, and fell to the ground.
The referee immediately blew a whistle and blew Doncic for a rebounding foul. Hearing the referee's whistle, Doncic couldn't believe it, he was quite emotional, and directly rushed to the referee to say that he did not rush the opponent, but the referee was not moved. Doncic covered his face helplessly, then smiled bitterly.
The scene was booed, and from the slow-motion replay, Yang's fall to the ground did have an exaggerated component. Ted Budd joked, "Trae Young faked so hard that he flew to the midline." ”
Still, Doncic had the last laugh, and he had his ninth triple-double of the season and the 45th of his career. Trae Young, on the other hand, set an embarrassing record, with 1-of-8 and 4-of-4 three-pointers in the first half, his worst halftime projection performance of the season.