Luka Doncic scored 43 points with 13 assists and nine rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 135-118 in the NBA Cup, narrowly missing a 40-point triple-double. Doncic criticized the yellow-branded Crypto.com Arena court as slippery and dangerous and described the new surface as needing more games. He was involved in a late confrontation with Kris Dunn that led to Dunn's ejection and Jaxson Hayes intervening; Doncic pledged to pay Hayes' fine. The Lakers' victory secures qualification for the quarter-finals.
""Adjust the courts, please," Doncic said. "It's just slippery. It's dangerous. I slipped a lot of times. You could see a lot of players slipped. That's dangerous, man. "I think they're just new courts, so it's kind of tough. It needs playing some games.""
""I was waiting for a rebound, and I got a shot in my back," Doncic said. "I'm not going to just stand it. I ain't afraid of nobody. I'm not going to just stand there and let it go. That's what the game is about. Sometimes it's going to get physical. There's a lot of trash talking. I live for that, so I love it.""
""I got him," Doncic said. "I told him right away, thanks for having my back. This is what I love about this team. Everybody has got each other's back.""
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