Luka Donu010diu0107 being guarded by the opponent’s best defender is like the springtime wind beating us down daily in Dallas.
It’s a fact of life.
The Mavericks’ point guard has had to deal with elite defensive players his whole life. But it’s a little different, he said Saturday, when it’s Mikal Bridges, who he expects to see a lot of in the Western Conference semifinals series against Phoenix that starts Monday in the Valley of the Sun.
The Suns’ swingman is regarded as one of the best man-on-man defenders in the NBA. He finished second in this season’s defensive player of the year voting to Boston’s Marcus Smart.