Dallas Mavs’ Luka Doncic on Texas Rangers World Series Game 2 Loss: ‘Blame It On Dirk!’

Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic and legend Dirk Nowitzki were both at Game 2 of the World Series, which ended up being a 9-1 loss for the Texas Rangers … but Doncic isn’t taking the blame.

Dalton Trigg | Oct 31, 2023

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While the Dallas Mavericks are off to their best start to a season in nearly two decades, they’re simultaneously rooting for the Texas Rangers to win their first World Series in franchise history.

The Rangers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 3 on Monday night to take a 2-1 series lead. After the Mavs defeated the Memphis Grizzlies around the same time, Luka Doncic, who has been a big Rangers supporter, gave his thoughts on the recent win and pushed back on the idea that they lost Game 2 because of him being in attendance.

Dirk Nowitzki and Luka Doncic take in a Texas Rangers postseason game together. — Dirk Nowitzki and Luka Doncic take in a Texas Rangers postseason game together :: Texas Rangers / Instagram

“See? Rangers 2-1,” Doncic said, as if to say everything’s going to be just fine. “Actually, that’s Dirk’s fault, so blame it on Dirk, not me.”

Doncic and Mavs legend Dirk Nowitzki have been seen at two Rangers’ postseason games — one in the ALCS against the Houston Astros, and now, one in the World Series — and the team responded by losing both of those games badly.

With the Rangers two wins away from clinching their first title, and the next two games taking place in Phoenix, there’s a chance they’ve already played their last home game of the season. If the Diamondbacks are able to shift the series back to Texas, though, perhaps Doncic and Nowitzki should consider going to a watch party instead of the actual game … you know, just to be safe.

Game 4 of the World Series takes place tonight at 7:03 p.m. CT, and the Mavs will look to keep their undefeated record rolling against the Chicago Bulls in Dallas on Wednesday night.

Published Oct 31, 2023

DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.