EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- When Lakers star Luka Doncic recently returned to Dallas and was honored by his former team with a tribute video, he admitted there was one clip that struck him the most: his game-winning 3 over Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert in last year's Western Conference finals.
Doncic will open his first playoff series with the Lakers on Saturday against the Wolves in Game 1 (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC) and said he will welcome the 7-1 Gobert trying to guard him again.
"Since I came to the league, I like to play pick-and-roll," Doncic said Thursday in his first comments about L.