Doncic and Udoka exchange words, Doncic explains what it was about / News - Basketnews.com

Doncic and Udoka had an exchange during the overtime. Luka revealed he wanted to push back after Udoka trash-talked him during the two teams' last game the previous week.

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After Luka Doncic sealed the game for the Dallas Mavericks with his shot in overtime, he had a quick exchange with Houston Rockets head coach Ime Udoka.

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The two teams had previously met on March 31st, where Doncic scored 47 points. This time, he scored 37, while his teammate, Kyrie Irving, scored 48.

"He was talking to me in the first game there, so, you know, I'm gonna go back," Doncic said about the exchange. He didn't want to specify the details of the exchange, though.

Udoka, meanwhile, was not willing to talk about it at all. Asked about what happened there, the coach shut the question down.

"I don't understand Slovenian, so I don't know," he said in the post-game press conference.

The loss to the Maverickseliminated the Rocketsfrom play-in contention.

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