Smart: Doncic has put in a lot of effort and you can’t ask him to defend like me after attacking.

Lakers guard Smart was interviewed and praised Doncic's defensive performance.

"If you perform well on the offensive end, people usually don't talk about what you can do on the defensive end, but we know Luka can play defense," teammate Smart said, "It's just that it's hard. We ask him to play like he does on the offensive end and then defend like me. It's impossible. His defensive ability will be up and down. We understand this and appreciate his efforts for this."