{"id":527170,"date":"2026-03-16T16:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/527170\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:55:10","slug":"maria-sharapovas-height-draws-attention-after-moment-with-luka-doncic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/527170\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Sharapova’s Height Draws Attention After Moment With Luka Doncic"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> showed the strength of their backcourt on Saturday as their two star guards took turns leading the team to a victory over the Denver Nuggets<\/a>. Austin Reaves forced overtime with a clutch floater, while Luka Doncic<\/a> sealed the win with a fadeaway jumper with just 0.5 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n

The thrilling finish came in front of a packed home crowd that included several high-profile celebrities. Among those in attendance was Russian tennis<\/a> icon Maria Sharapova, who drew additional attention after posing for a photo with Doncic following the game.<\/p>\n

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The four-time Grand Slam champion used to be a regular presence courtside at Lakers games, although that was more than a decade ago when she was still dating<\/a> two-time Lakers champion Sasha Vujacic.<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Lakers guards Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves interviewed after winWilliam Liang-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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Sharapova later revealed that it had been a long time since she last attended an NBA<\/a> game. She also had praise for Doncic, who\u2014like Vujacic\u2014hails from Slovenia.<\/p>\n

The NBA official X account also posted the two’s meeting.<\/p>\n

Sharapova\u2019s striking beauty caught fans\u2019 attention, but so did her height. With fans discussing the photo online, some even joked that the Lakers\u2019 dynamic guard duo might have found a towering third member.<\/p>\n

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The Russian tennis star stands at 6-foot-2, while Doncic is listed at 6-foot-8.<\/p>\n

“She\u2019s so tall \ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8,” one comment on X reads.<\/p>\n

“She\u2019s listed at 6\u20192 ain\u2019t no wayyy. Gotta be at at least 6\u20194 Luka is 6\u20197\/6\u20198,” said another.<\/p>\n

“Wow maria must have heels she is 6 feet or the guy is overlisted,” another one wrote.<\/p>\n

Her Instagram post garnered similar reactions. One user wrote, “rooted for you all my life, never knew you were this tall?\ud83d\ude02”<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the first time basketball fans have been surprised by Sharapova\u2019s height<\/a> when she stands next to NBA players. Last year, she appeared alongside Lakers legend Magic Johnson during Billie Jean King\u2019s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony, where fans again noted how tall the former tennis star looked next to the five-time NBA champion.<\/p>\n

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Related: Lakers Announce Luka Doncic\u2019s New Career Milestones in Purple and Gold<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Mar 16, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Lakers showed the strength of their backcourt on Saturday as their two star guards took…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[11654,1753,1055,3014,13753,355,180736,99,428],"class_list":["post-527170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-austin-reaves","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-luka-doncic","tag-maria-sharapova","tag-nba","tag-sasha-vujacic","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}