Dončičs: Perhaps Lilard deserves more of a vote in the starting five of the Star Game

Derrick Santistevan
Luka Dončičs
Luka Dončičs Photo: Dallas “Mavericks”

National Basketball Association (NBA) Dallas Mavericks star Luka Dončičs commented on his vote in the top five of the upcoming star game noting that Portland’s Trail Blazers Damian Lillard deserves more.

It has already been reported that the Star In the game, which will take place on the night of March 8 in Atlanta, the Slovenian will go to the field in the top five of the Western Conference team with Stefan Curry (Golden State Warriors), Nikol Jokic (Denver Nuggets) and Kavai Lenard (Los Angeles Clippers), while the teams the captain will be the Los Angeles Lakers shine Lebron James.

For Donchic this will be his second participation in the Star Game and his second time, when he starts it in the starting five. “I didn’t expect to be selected as a starting player this time as well. Lilard probably deserves this more than I do, “the talented Slovenian commented on the choice of basketball fans.

Luka Doncic on All-Star voting results: “I didn’t expect that I was going to start this game. I know that maybe Lillard deserved it more than me. ”

– Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) February 20, 2021

This season the 21-year-old basketball player has played 27 games on the court, marking an average of 29.1 points, 8, With 6 rebounds and 9.4 assists, he is the team’s best player in all these scores. By comparison, five-time Star Player Lilard has stood out in 28 matches this season with an average of 30 points, 4.5 balls under baskets and 7.9 assists.

Currently, the Mavericks are in tenth place in the Western Conference with 13 wins in 28 games, while the Trail Blazers team has won 18 games in 31 matches and is in fifth place in the West.

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