Mavs' Luka Doncic Previews Dallas vs. Boston Celtics NBA Finals

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00:00You had like, you know, 12 points in four minutes, what's going through your head early

00:11in the game?

00:12Set the tone.

00:13I just got to set the tone, that's about it.

00:17Your dad almost didn't make it here, but he was certainly there by the end.

00:21What did it mean to have him, you know, as you go to your first NBA Finals?

00:25Yeah, a lot.

00:26They were, they had a seven-hour delay, but he made it, so it meant a lot to be here.

00:32You know, we've seen you do this before in Phoenix, where you just kind of rip the hearts

00:38out of the crowd on the road in the elimination game.

00:42What is that, how would you describe that feeling, to demoralize the crowd on the road

00:46in this situation?

00:47It's a good feeling, man, I can't lie.

00:52Just go out there and, you know, it's us against them, just stay together.

00:59But that feeling, that feeling is great.

01:01Was there one fan in particular that you kept going at early on?

01:04Yeah.

01:05What was that about?

01:06I can't tell you.

01:07If I tell you, I can sue him.

01:10But, you know, that gets me going.

01:14Everybody knows that by now, so just got to do it.

01:19And then, you know, you guys, obviously, last year, disappointing, end up in the lottery.

01:24To make this leap, what do you think were kind of the key developments to make this

01:30happen just in the span of a year?

01:32Insane.

01:33I think we've got a great team, but most importantly, we've got great guys, great guys on the team.

01:38From players to coaches to everybody on the team, we have great guys, and that's the most

01:43important thing.

01:44Like I said, we stay together and we just play basketball, you know, especially, I think

01:49we beat three very, very, very good teams.

01:54And having home advantage, which is pretty good for us.