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Luka Doncic-JJ Redick awkward exchange on Lakers bench goes viral during blowout win over Warriors originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Luka Doncic has been nothing short of incredible for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Ever since his shock trade away from the Dallas Mavericks, Doncic has continued playing at the highest level for one of the NBA's most storied franchises. The star has averaged 30.9 points, 8.2 assists and 7.8 rebounds since joining the team.
This year, Doncic was tasked with leading the Lakers despite being without LeBron James and Austin Reaves for large parts of the season due to injuries.
However, despite a 129-101 blowout win against the Golden State Warriors on Saturday, where Doncic finished with 26 points, seven assists and six rebounds, the star guard was seen getting into it with Lakers' head coach JJ Redick.
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Luka Doncic-JJ Redick exchange on the sidelines
While walking off, Doncic appears to move his wrist further away from Redick as the coach was speaking with the star Slovenian, which was met with a Redick head shake.
After finally sitting down after the conversation, Doncic looks to put his hand out for a high five from the Lakers' coach, but received air in return.
Here is a fan perspective of the exchange while Doncic was heading back to the bench.
I wonder what JJ told Luka that made him get up lol pic.twitter.com/lFxg3EQuTA
— Lakers Empire (@LakersEmpire) March 2, 2026
An eagle-eyed effort from Lakers' forward Jarred Vanderbilt noticed the star stand up and look to continue conversing with Redick as he was walking away. Vanderbilt put himself in front of Doncic to prevent him from following the coach down the sideline.
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The Lakers currently stand in sixth place in a packed Western Conference at 36-24 and are just 1.5 games back from third place. They will look to stretch their win streak to three on Tuesday against the New Orleans Pelicans.