Luka Doncic went through the pain of losing a final again with the defeat in the series for the title against the Boston Celtics. The last team that had made him experience such a feeling was the Barça in the 2018 Copa del Rey final.
The Barça team, then led by Svetislav Pesic, beat Real Madrid by a tight 92-90. The 14 points from the Slovenian, who was then days away from turning 19, were of no use to the whites against that Barça of Juan Carlos Navarro, Ante Tomic, Pau Ribas or Thomas Heurtelwhich ended up taking the MVP.
Thomas Heurtel, celebrating the victory over Real Madrid in the 2018 Cup final, of which he was elected MVP.
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However, Barça was not the only team that stole a title from the point guard before the Celtics did. He Valencia Basket In 2017, he became the first to win a final against Doncic with the victory of Pedro Martínez’s team in the final of the ACB League.
However, the Slovenian went to the NBA in 2018 having won everything with Madrid and arrived in the American league in style after having won a Euroleague in which he was MVP with only 19 years.
Luka Doncic won the Euroleague in 2018 and was chosen MVP of the Final Four
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Still 25 years old, Doncic is on his way to becoming a legend in an NBA that still has time to win. Barça will be able to boast that they won a final against the magician from Ljubljana.
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2024-06-19 05:04:24
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