{"id":501207,"date":"2026-03-03T12:41:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T12:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/501207\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T12:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T12:41:14","slug":"luka-doncic-gushed-about-the-goat-novak-djokovic-attending-lakers-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/501207\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Don\u010di\u0107 Gushed About the \u2018GOAT\u2019 Novak Djokovic Attending Lakers Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6t\">Greatness respects greatness.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6w\">On Sunday night at the Crypto.com Arena, 24-time major tennis champion Novak Djokovic attended the Kings-Lakers game seemingly to support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/lakers\/luka-doncic-three-pointer-lakers-win\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles star Luka Don\u010di\u0107<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6z\">After the Lakers\u2019 win, Don\u010di\u0107 made his way to court side to greet Djokovic. The two athletes appeared excited to see one another. For Don\u010di\u0107, having the \u201cGOAT\u201d come to support him meant the world to him. Listen below to hear Don\u010di\u0107 gush about having the tennis legend come to his game.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"72\">\u201cWith Novak, for me he is the GOAT,\u201d Don\u010di\u0107 said in his press conference. \u201cFor him being here watching me, it\u2019s just unbelievable. &#8230; Just so excited he\u2019s here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cFor me he\u2019s the GOAT\u2026 So just for him watching me, it\u2019s unbelievable.\u201d  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lukadoncic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@lukadoncic<\/a> \ud83e\udd1d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DjokerNole?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@DjokerNole<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hCyeoF9URO\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/hCyeoF9URO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DljHjWQvcV\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/DljHjWQvcV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/2028499056264155549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"78\">This isn\u2019t the first time Djokovic has attended an NBA game to support his fellow European superstars. He\u2019s watched Nikola Jokic on the Nuggets, a fellow Serbian, from time to time.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7b\">Djokovic will compete in this week\u2019s Indian Wells tournament in California, his first appearance since the Australian Open final, which he lost to Carlos Alcaraz in four sets. Maybe we\u2019ll see Don\u010di\u0107 pull up to Indian Wells sometime while Djokovic is playing.<\/p>\n<p>More NBA on Sports Illustrated<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greatness respects greatness. 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