Fans turn in hilarious reactions to Luka Doncic's intentional free-throw miss against Spurs

Luka Doncic is once again showing the world how brilliant he is. In his last five games, the Dallas Mavericks guard has averaged a triple-double with 45.6 points.

Thanks to his incredible performances, the Mavs are the hottest team in the Western Conference with six straight wins. On New Year's Eve, the 6-foot-7 guard had another fantastic game and came up with a big victory.

Doncic dropped 51 points against the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday night. However, what made his performance even more amazing was another free throw miss that he secured a victory with.

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Luka Doncic misses a free throw on purpose to win

The last game of 2022 was very intense for the Dallas Mavericks. Despite playing against the Spurs, who are one of the worst teams in the league this season, they barely won the game.

It was Doncic who saved the Mavs once again.The Mavs were up by one with 1.5 seconds left in the game. The superstar guard was fouled on purpose and sent to the free throw line, where he secured the victory.

Doncic missed the second free throw on purpose and grabbed the offensive rebound, securing a big win for his team.

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Not only was this play very smart, but it was the second time in five days that Luka beat the opposing team by missing a free throw. He did something similar just five nights ago against the New York Knicks.

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NBA fans react to Doncic's intelligent play

The three-time All-Star has been the most entertaining player in the league over the last two weeks. He's had numerous amazing performances and his intelligent plays have earned him even more media recognition.

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As soon as the Mavericks beat the Spurs, NBA fans had hilarious reactions to Luka's game-winning move.

Reddit user walkintall84 pointed out how Luka mastered the free throw bricks. Considering that he has won two out of the last three games this way, it's hard to disagree.

Another user brought up Shaquille O'Neal and his free throws. While Shaq was a beast on both ends of the floor, his career free throw percentage is only 52.7%, which is why the Reddit user joked about his game-winning potential.

Several users brought up a couple of other NBA players, making fun of Ben Simmons for missing free throws and suggesting that Giannis Antetokounmpo should try to use Doncic's strategy.

While missing free throws on purpose seems like an easy thing to do, one Reddit user pointed out that it's not as easy as it looks.

Luka Doncic's late-game heroics have been amazing and one NBA fan has even come up with an appropriate name for this strategy.

The Mavericks will travel to Houston on January 3 to face off against the Rockets. All eyes will be on Luka Doncic, who currently leads the league in scoring with 34.2 points per game.