Rick Carlisle on Luka Doncic: This is his time of the year. He's one of the smartest players

Doncic became the first NBA player to tally three triple-doubles in his first 7 career games in the Playoffs

Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle talks about his star Luka Doncic after the road win in game 1 against the Los Angeles Clippers.
“This is his time of year…He’s one of the smartest basketball players you will ever meet at any age at any level.”

“He knows that we’ve got to be a next-play mentality team and that he’s got to be one of the leaders of that charge. And this series will continue to be extremely challenging in that vein because of the physical nature of it and the fact that the Clippers have a bunch of great defenders and they’re throwing all kinds of different looks at him as well. Luka has seen virtually every coverage known to mankind, every kind of double-team, every kind of switching scenario, switching and then double-teaming him 30 feet away from the basket. It’s just a matter of getting to the right spots when he gets double-team”.

Doncic ended game 1 with 31 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists.