?Noah Lyles Keeping the USA in Check?: ?World Champions? Controversy Resurfaces, as Fans Slam Luka Doncic and Co for Getting Thrashed by a ?Football Club?

After sweeping three gold medals in the Olympics, Noah Lyles took on the NBA teams for calling themselves the ?world champions? after winning a title. Team USA?s disappointing failure for a medal added to the larger sentiment that the franchise needs to focus on being too overconfident. World champions of what exactly? Lyles mockingly said. His comments resurfaced on Tuesday night when the Dallas Mavericks lost to Real Madrid in a preseason game.?

In the NBA pre-season games, the Dallas Mavericks have a tumultuous start. The Mavs lost the first two games against the Timberwolves in Abu Dhabi. As they looked forward to getting some rhythm going, the next showdown happened on Tuesday against a non-NBA team. It was an embarrassing loss. Fans on social media were quick to mock them for losing to ?football club?s? basketball unit.?

Luka and co got thrashed in a close thriller

Luka Doncic put out a great show playing for just five minutes and scoring all three-pointers, and 9 points. Kyrie Irving missed out on the game due to a minor groin injury. The match was a thrilling event until the last second. The Mavs trailing in the first two quarters took a 9-point lead in the third quarter. Former Mavs guard Facundo Campazzo emerged heavy on the Mavs and he scored team-high 20 points. Real Madrid won the match with a margin call of 127-124 points. Had there been another three-pointer from Luka, the consequences could have changed.?

Dallas is in a difficult position, but luckily there is an entire season to go. They tried every possible line-up in the game and the fans are calling it an embarrassing defeat. Real Madrid is not even an NBA team. So trying out all the bench players and still losing is not considered an excuse and online fans called them out for it.?

What Noah Lyles meant came true?

Some fans said that the loss showed that there are better league teams than the NBA; while others simply mocked the Mavs for losing to ?Real Madrid? who are glorious for their football club. One fan pointed out, ?Noah Lyles keeping the USA in check?. Another fan echoed the sentiment by saying, ?Noah Lyles was right ig?.

This loss by Dallas was not taken lightly and another fan expressed, ?Been tryna tell y?all these euro teams ain no joke the game is a lot more skilled and fundamental over there?. A football fan was spotted, who said, ?And just like that, Real Madrid are your NBA Champions ??.

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