Mavs-Suns Postgame LISTEN: Doncic Slams Booker For Talking Trash in Finals Seconds

The stars were shining bright at American Airlines Center on Sunday afternoon, but the Dallas Mavericks ultimately fell to the Phoenix Suns, 130-126. Luka Doncic called out Devin Booker for waiting to talk trash when the game was essentially over.

Dalton Trigg | Mar 5, 2023

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The Dallas Mavericks lost to the Phoenix Suns at American Airlines Center on Sunday afternoon in a star-studded matchup that lived up to every bit of the hype. Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant and Devin Booker all eclipsed the 30-point mark as the Suns ultimately captured a 130-126 win.

With 11 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, Durant hit a tough, contested midrange jumper to give Phoenix a 128-126 lead. Doncic then had a chance to tie the game with a chip-shot floater, but it took an unkind roll off the rim with just three seconds left.

The Mavs-Suns rivalry was already heated, as Dallas bounced Phoenix from the second round of the playoffs in a thrilling seven-game series last season, but the addition of Irving and Durant added even more juice. It was perfectly clear that there was no love lost between Doncic and Booker on Sunday.

After Doncic missed the game-tying attempt, Booker started talking trash with the game essentially being over at that point. Doncic took offense to this, got in Booker's face, and told him to "shut the f*** up," which led to a scrum with many Mavs and Suns players. Even Irving had some words with Booker before it was said and done.

"It's a competitive game. It's all good," Doncic said of his interaction with Booker. "Next time, just don't wait until there's three seconds left to talk."

On this episode of the Mavs Step Back Podcast, we recap the Mavs' highly entertaining game against the Suns, including all the things that had to go wrong for Dallas to lose this one. From there we take a look at the updated Western Conference standings and the Mavs' upcoming schedule.

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Published Mar 5, 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.