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Jaylen Brown has mentioned he’s a big fan of your game. Looking at it from the other side, what is it about Jaylen’s style of play that you respect the most? Lu Dort: [Smiling] Jaylen Brown for real? As a scorer, he’s “on go” every single time. He doesn’t shy away from any type of contact. He’s going downhill no matter what and that’s just the type of player he is—physical and aggressive. With guys like that, you have to tip your hat because he’s always going to make tough shots. The fact that he’s doing it on both ends—being aggressive offensively and defensively and taking on those tough matchups—I have a LOT of respect for that.
Every great season has a soundtrack. What’s that one song that’s been on repeat for you this year to get you locked in? Lu Dort: A song? Burna Boy. I’m a big Afro-beats guy, so any Burna Boy will get me going. Or, a song I play a lot is It’s Lonely At the Top.
Tim MacMahon: Devin Booker says his ankle is “fine.” Regarding the trip by Lu Dort, Booker said: “I don’t know if it was intentional or not. I seen he stuck his leg out a little bit. He threw his hand up to say it was a foul, and it just wasn’t granted.”
Antonio Daniels: It can't be a situation where you're allowing Lu Dort and you're allowing Cason Wallace and you're allowing Alex Caruso and some of these other guys to get extremely physical with the stars of the opposing team. But the moment that that physicality is put back toward the Oklahoma City Thunder when they're on the offensive end, now you get a softer whistle.
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Clemente Almanza: Lu Dort on needing to play the last 2 regular season games to qualify for All-Defense: “There's nothing that we can do about it. Try your best to be available. Sometimes you're unlucky where you're not able to play some games just because you hurt. But yeah, it is what it is.”
Justin Martinez: Lu Dort is entering the postseason on a hot streak, shooting 46.7% from deep in his last 10 outings. I asked him how he feels with the playoffs set to begin: “My body feels right. Throughout the whole season, there’s a lot of ups and downs and bumps and bruises. Obviously, it’s been a couple of rough stretches, but I’m staying confident. I keep trusting my work and obviously take care of my body.”
New York Basketball: Deuce McBride first game back from hernia surgery heads to locker room holding similar area after hitting floor with Lu Dort
Deuce McBride first game back from hernia surgery heads to locker room holding similar area after hitting floor with Lu Dort pic.twitter.com/P3HpiRj0nR
— New York Basketball (@NBA_NewYork) March 30, 2026
Many are speculating that the Thunder might be forced to part ways with one of Hartenstein or Lu Dort, who also has a team option for next season. That would be their easiest path towards savings, but it seems unlikely the Thunder will simply let either of these players go.
Joel Lorenzi: A lot of confusion here now that we’re at half. Mark Daigneault is at center court with John Goble, presumably to understand the order of ejections. Jalen Williams and Lu Dort also looked to be arguing with the rest of the crew before being ushered away by staff.
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Justin Martinez: Here’s OKC’s injury report for its road game against Brooklyn tonight: Chet Holmgren is questionable. Jalen Williams, Isaiah Hartenstein and Lu Dort are out.
Thunder wing Luguentz Dort said he apologized to Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic after committing a second fourth-quarter flagrant foul on him in the past two weeks. "Just lost in the competition," Dort told ESPN's Tim MacMahon. "But shook his hand, [said] 'great game' and I apologized that that happened."
In this instance, Dort swung his left arm around while trying to navigate a Jokic screen on the wing and whacked Jokic in the face. Officials ruled it a flagrant 1 after review, giving Jokic two free throws and Denver possession. "I didn't mean to hit him in the face," Dort said. "But when I go over screens and stuff like that, my arms are just everywhere, and then unfortunately I just hit him in the face. ... I didn't think it was a flagrant 1. Unnecessary means I did [it] on purpose, which I didn't."
Jokic gave a quick "no" response when asked postgame whether he felt this Dort foul crossed the line, different from his reaction to Dort's foul on Feb. 27, when he jumped up and confronted Dort in the moment, creating a scrum at center court, and afterward called Dort's trip "unnecessary." "It was over since last time," Jokic said when asked Monday night whether there remained any hard feelings.
