Lakers star needles 'dangerous' NBA Cup courts after win

Los Angeles Lakers prima Luka Doncic took contented with the "dangerous" NBA Cup tribunal during Tuesday night’s triumph implicit the Los Angeles Clippers.

Doncic had 43 points, 13 assists and 9 rebounds arsenic the Lakers took a 135-118 win. But the exotic courts that are meant to separate the NBA Cup crippled from a regular crippled came nether scrutiny from the Slovenian superstar.

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Los Angeles Lakers defender Luka Doncic celebrates his three-point handbasket during the archetypal fractional of an NBA Cup hoops crippled against the Los Angeles Clippers Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, successful Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

"Adjust the courts, please," Doncic said. "It’s conscionable slippery. It’s dangerous. ... I slipped a batch of times. You could spot a batch of players slipped. That’s dangerous, man."

It was the Lakers’ archetypal NBA Cup crippled astatine the Crypto.com Arena aft starting radical play connected the road. Doncic said helium couldn’t retrieve whether the courts were arsenic slippery erstwhile the squad played the New Orleans Pelicans and the Memphis Grizzlies.

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Los Angeles Lakers defender Luka Doncic (77) pressures Los Angeles Clippers guardant Kawhi Leonard (2) during the 2nd fractional of an NBA Cup hoops crippled Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, successful Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

"I deliberation they're conscionable caller courts, truthful it's benignant of tough," Doncic said. "It needs ... playing immoderate games."

The Lakers improved to 13-4 connected the play and were tied for 2nd successful the Western Conference done their archetypal 17 games. They person won each of their 3 NBA Cup games truthful far, clinching a spot successful the quarterfinals with their triumph implicit the Clippers.

Los Angeles Lakers guardant LeBron James (23) high-fives defender Luka Doncic (77) during the 2nd fractional of an NBA Cup hoops crippled against the Los Angeles Clippers Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, successful Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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"I deliberation I ne'er got past the radical stage, truthful it's thing caller for me," Doncic said. "I played it successful Spain, thing similar this, truthful I similar it."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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