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Mavs star Luka Doncic got fed up with one fan and had him ejected over some light heckling.
On Wednesday night, the Mavs got blown out at home by the Phoenix Suns despite a monster 34 point game from Doncic.
In the third quater, ESPN’s Tim MacMahon reported that Doncic had a Suns fan ejected for yelling ” “Luka, you’re tired! Get your a– on the treadmill!”
Luka Doncic asked security to eject this Suns fan, who was sitting two rows behind midcourt press row. The comment the fan made that drew Doncic’s wrath: “Luka, you’re tired! Get your ass on the treadmill!” pic.twitter.com/chNYwiJBC0
— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) January 25, 2024
Suns reporter Duane Rankin confirmed MacMahon’s report and captured video of Luka pointing out the fan to security.
"LUKA YOU TIRED, GET ON THE TREADMILL!"
Luka Doncic reaction to fan incoming.
Luka Doncic has since pointed out the fan, who is being talked to by arena staff.
Kyrie Irving walked over and was looking at the fan, who just left.#Suns 100 #Mavs 78 after 3. pic.twitter.com/6npgrJhj6J
— Duane Rankin (@DuaneRankin) January 25, 2024
Update: Doncic claims the fan had been cursing at him the entire game.
“He was cursing me the whole first half. I would never eject a fan. They pay for tickets. But I had enough.”
Luka Doncic postgame on the fan and the ejection…and says there was more to it.
“He was cursing me the whole first half. I would never eject a fan. They pay for tickets. But I had enough.” #Mavs #MFFL #luka pic.twitter.com/PIWfh1gzCB
— Dorothy J. Gentry (@DorothyJGentry) January 25, 2024
NBA fans on social media were shocked by the reason for the fan’s ejection and mocked Doncic for having the fan kicked out of the game over some light trash talk.
Luka doing a LeBron https://t.co/IWLVnwAvB7 pic.twitter.com/5aoKa8XcWV
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) January 25, 2024
what happened to the game i love? we’re getting fans thrown out for schoolyard slander? https://t.co/1vHNlEq3c5
— Travonne Edwards (@Travonne) January 25, 2024