Bulls youngster got traumatized after angering Luka Doncic into dropping 51 points

Chicago Bulls youngster Matas Buzelis learned the hard way not to poke the Slovenian bear named Luka Doncic.

The Los Angeles Lakers star erupted for 51 points on Thursday in a 142-130 win over Buzelis’ Bulls at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Calif. Doncic was deadly from the field that evening, scoring at a 17/31 clip with 9 threes and just 8 made free throws.

After the game, Doncic was asked when he started feeling like he was going to have a big scoring night. He pointed to a moment in the second quarter when Buzelis sent some “not very nice” words his way.

“Somebody started talking to me, so that woke me up. Matas Buzelis. I was surprised and shocked. I’m not gonna say what he said, but if I said that, I would definitely get a tech,” Doncic told reporters.

Buzelis looked like he had been through hell after the game as reporters spoke to him in the Bulls’ locker room. One media member asked what his takeaway from the contest was.

“Ummm, probably not to talk to him,” Buzelis said with a pained look on his face, as if every Doncic bucket were replaying in his head as he responded.