Russo Ty Lue said there was an added emphasis for the Clippers to get Doncic involved in more ball-screen action defensively as the game hit crunch time. Lue thought Doncic was "tired and worn out."

of Luka Doncic taking over in Clutch time vs the Rockets

Luka Doncic sinks the dagger 3 and breaks apart the Rockets' players mentally as they sit on the bench during timeout doing nothing

Luka Doncic hits the step back 3 to put the Lakers up 10 with 1 minute remaining in regulation and Dejounte Murray quickly scores the And-1 layup at the other end with replays

Luka Doncic drains the clutch 3 off a pass by LeBron James who gets a triple-doubleThe Lakers up 7

Rui Hachimura drains the clutch 3 to give the Lakers the lead off the friendly bounce off a pass by Luka Doncic Doncic then drains a clutch 3 of his own with a replay

Luka Doncic gets tangled off the ball with Landry Shamet and gets called for the offensive foul 3rd foul late in the 2nd quarter with replays