Mavs’ Luka Doncic owns up to crucial late blunder against Jazz

The Dallas Mavericks dropped their fourth straight game Thursday night, losing to the Utah Jazz 115-113. Some of the same issues that have plagued the Mavs reared their ugly heads, including Luka Doncic making another clutch mistake.

The game was tied, but John Collins was left wide open directly under the basket and had the easiest basket of his life to take the lead with 6.5 seconds left. It was Luka Doncic’s fault, according to Doncic.

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“It was a misunderstanding,” Doncic said in his postgame press conference on the play. “I thought I was going to hit and (Quentin) Grimes thought he was going to get hit. And it was a lob, so we misjudged the bench. That’s on me.”

Doncic was clearly matched up with Collins and was looking on the bench when Collins just slid over to the basket and he couldn’t have been more open. Dallas hasn’t done the little things to start the season, and that’s a big reason why they’ve struggled in the clutch.

The Mavericks came back from a 16-point deficit and took the lead late in the game, only to lose by falling asleep on defense. It must be frustrating for the coaching staff, but the team seems to believe they can live off last postseason success.

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