{"id":770799,"date":"2023-01-13T14:03:18","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T19:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?p=770799"},"modified":"2023-01-13T14:03:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T19:03:21","slug":"darvin-ham-regrets-not-double-teaming-luka-doncic-before-his-clutch-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/news\/nba\/darvin-ham-regrets-not-double-teaming-luka-doncic-before-his-clutch-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Darvin Ham Regrets Not Double-Teaming Luka Doncic Before His Clutch Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lakers head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Darvin+Ham\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Darvin+Ham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Darvin Ham<\/a> was hard on himself after the Lakers dropped a double overtime 119-115 decision to the Dallas Mavericks, their second straight loss after recently winning five games in a row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Respect is the ultimate currency. (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nba<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kbqHv9Fexu\">pic.twitter.com\/kbqHv9Fexu<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SLAM (@SLAMonline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SLAMonline\/status\/1613945505108692999?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>The loss came after <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Luka+Doncic\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Luka+Doncic\" target=\"_blank\">Luka Doncic<\/a> (35 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists) knocked down a step-back triple over the 6&#8217;2 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Dennis+Schroder\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Dennis+Schroder\" target=\"_blank\">Dennis Schr\u00f6der<\/a>. Luka Legend forced overtime after he inbounded the ball to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Spencer+Dinwiddie\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Spencer+Dinwiddie\" target=\"_blank\">Spender<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Spencer+Dinwiddie\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Spencer+Dinwiddie\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Spencer+Dinwiddie\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Spencer+Dinwiddie\" target=\"_blank\">Dinwiddie<\/a>, who then handed him the ball while simultaneously setting the screen, forcing the Lakers to switch from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Russell+Westbrook\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Russell+Westbrook\" target=\"_blank\">Russell Westbrook<\/a> being Doncic&#8217;s primary defender to Schr\u00f6der defending Doncic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We weren&#8217;t looking to foul,&#8221; Ham <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpectrumSN\/status\/1613787622899580929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1613787622899580929%7Ctwgr%5E238a780b0cde4c2ad5a2ae6a5e72fc944e6db9ad%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fnba%2Flakers%2Fnews%2Fdarvin-ham-regrets-costly-defensive-mistake-against-mavericks-ak1987\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpectrumSN\/status\/1613787622899580929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1613787622899580929%7Ctwgr%5E238a780b0cde4c2ad5a2ae6a5e72fc944e6db9ad%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fnba%2Flakers%2Fnews%2Fdarvin-ham-regrets-costly-defensive-mistake-against-mavericks-ak1987\" target=\"_blank\">explained postgame<\/a>. &#8220;Felt confident in the five guys we had defending, and he did what Luka does, he made a shot. I&#8217;m kicking myself in the butt. I needed to coach a little better in that instance; we should have blitzed him \u2014 or at least forced him inside the three-point line.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You know, it&#8217;s those situations [that are] kinda chaotic \u2014 bunch of chatter, everything&#8217;s going on, you&#8217;re trying to figure out matchups. We \u2014 read [the Mavericks&#8217; offense], switched anyways. So I&#8217;ll take the bullet for that. That&#8217;s on me. We have to be better defensively in those moments and force someone else [other than Doncic] to beat us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2 clutch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/luka7doncic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@luka7doncic<\/a> stepbacks.<br>2 powerful <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SDinwiddie_25?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SDinwiddie_25<\/a> dunks.<br>2 big <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chriswood_5?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Chriswood_5<\/a> blocks.<br><br>2 overtimes&#8230; 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dallasmavs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dallasmavs<\/a> win! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lCHqHodGcf\">pic.twitter.com\/lCHqHodGcf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1613801898514997249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Leaving Schr\u00f6der on an island was a vastly different strategic decision for a Lakers team blitzing Doncic with double-teams all game. Although Doncic finished the game with a triple-double, forcing the ball out of his hand or making him shoot over a taller lengthier defender would&#8217;ve been the preferred result. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lakers had a chance to win after rallying back from a 19-point regulation deficit, but they couldn&#8217;t make enough plays over the extra 10 minutes they played. Dinwiddie delivered the win after scoring twice during Dallas&#8217; decisive 6-0 run, making sure the Mavs won for the second time in five games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lakers will host the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lakers head coach Darvin Ham was hard on himself after the Lakers dropped a double overtime 119-115 decision to the Dallas Mavericks, their second straight loss after recently winning five games in a row. Respect is the ultimate currency. (via @nba) pic.twitter.com\/kbqHv9Fexu &mdash; SLAM (@SLAMonline) January 13, 2023 The loss came after Luka Doncic (35 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":447,"featured_media":770808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62694,18,63826,62493],"tags":[5063,10696,149,64050,271,9508],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-770799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brooklyn-nets","category-nba","category-news","category-newswire","tag-darvin-ham","tag-dennis-schroder","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-luka-doncic-2","tag-russell-westbrook","tag-spencer-dinwiddie"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/447"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770799"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":770809,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770799\/revisions\/770809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/770808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770799"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=770799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}