Mavs Recap Pod: Luka On The Ropes; Morris Deserves Suspension

Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks suffered a brutal 154-111 defeat to the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 5, and the guys recap all the events from the game, including why the NBA should suspend Marcus Morris, as well as preview what could be in store for Game 6.

Dalton Trigg | Aug 26, 2020

Just like a great boxing match, the Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Clippers have been throwing haymakers at each other all series long. The Clippers, however, delivered the biggest blow yet on Tuesday night, as they put the Mavs 'on the ropes', winning Game 5 by the score of 154-111.

After his masterful and historic performance in Game 4, Luka Doncic just simply didn't have what it took to put forth that kind of effort in back-to-back playoff games while playing on a hurt ankle.

Speaking of Doncic's hurt ankle, social media was lit on fire after Clippers' forward, Marcus Morris, who already has a little bit of a reputation for playing dirty at times, seemed to intentionally step on Doncic's ankle while running up behind him while the Mavs tried to inbound the ball.

Morris pushed back on the idea that his act was intentional, but the video evidence seems to speak for itself. On this episode of the Mavs Step Back Podcast, we discuss how the NBA needs to suspend Morris for at least Game 6 of this series to send a message that these kind of bush league actions aren't acceptable going forward.

“I don’t want to talk to (Morris)," said Doncic after the game. "He’s just saying a lot of bad stuff to me in all the games. I don’t want to talk to him. I’ve just got to move on. Like I said, everybody is going to have their own opinion. I just hope It wasn’t intentional. If that was intentional, that was really bad.”

Aside from all the events of Game 5, the guys then go on to talk about what to expect from the Mavs on Thursday night, and what has to happen for Dallas to push the Clippers to a winner-take-all Game 7 on Saturday night. Thanks for listening, and enjoy!

Published Aug 26, 2020

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.