Although he's deserved it in years past, OKC Thunder wing Lu Dort will finally earn an NBA All-Defensive Team honor this season.
But for his effort on the defensive end of the floor, Lu has set personal goals he hopes to achieve this season, per Sports Illustraded’s Chris Mannix. “The biggest goal is to go out there and perform every night for my teammates.
SI: You’re trying to win a championship. But do you have individual goals? First team All-Defense? Defensive Player of the Year? Lugentz Dort: Honestly, the biggest goal is to go out there and
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Lu Dort recently made a statement regarding the Defensive Player of the Year race after Victor Wembanyama's injury.
Lu to friends, teammates and frustrated opponents who grumble after matchups with one of the NBA’s top defenders—was ready for his moment. Dort, who exited Arizona State after his freshman season, had traveled to New York for the NBA draft.
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The Cold Wire on MSNLu Dort Believes He Deserves To Win NBA AwardNow that Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs is out of the running, multiple NBA stars are in contention for Defensive Player of the Year. Lu Dort of the Oklahoma City Thunder believes he has what it takes to earn the coveted end-of-year prize and spoke about it on the “Open Floor” podcast.
Gilgeous-Alexander scores 31 points as Thunder roll past Hawks 135-119 to continue dominance of East
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder continued their overwhelming dominance of the Eastern Conference by beating the Atlanta Hawks 135-119 on Friday night. Luguentz Dort scored 20 points and led Oklahoma City's long-range assault by shooting 6 of 11 on 3-pointers.
Dort was ejected at the 3:00 mark of the fourth quarter of Sunday's game against the Spurs, Andrew Schlecht of The Athletic reports. Dort received a technical foul for participating in an altercation late in the fourth quarter that also led to the ejections of Justin Champagnie and Kenrich Williams.
He entered Friday's game having connected on just 23.1 percent of his three-point attempts over his last eight outings, but his six triples tied a season high that he has reached five times. Dort will look to carry that hot shooting into Sunday's game against De'Aaron Fox and the Spurs.
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Luguentz Dort opens the second half with a transiton dunk. Luguentz Dort opens the second half with a transiton dunk
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