Whenever Luka Doncic and Devin Booker step on the court, the game is never short of drama. The duo has gotten into many heated moments on the court in the past, leaving the fans wanting more. However, the scenes before Christmas Day haven’t been the same. Both the rising superstars displayed mutual respect ahead of the Monday night game. Particularly, an exchange between Booker and Doncic went viral on social media, but the fans read it from a different perspective.

Doncic spoke to the press ahead of the game, and admitted that Booker is a ‘great player’ and tune in to the Phoenix Suns‘ game only to watch him play. On the other hand, Booker addressed the polarizing views and broke the narrative against them by admitting the existing mutual respect between them. At the same time, fans have something else to say.

Devin Booker & Luka Doncic’s conversation gets a different perspective

Both superstar set their foot on the court after busting the online rivalry narratives set on them, reported Sports Illustrated. Importantly, Devin Booker said, “Me and Luka’s respect for each other has been mutual and at a high level since he came into the league,” on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the fans didn’t seem to buy into the words said by the stars themselves, as they kept the narrative going following a small interaction between the star during tonight’s game.

Amid the Monday night action, a video of Booker wishing Luka Doncic for embracing fatherhood went viral. However, the fans weren’t impressed with the stars boiling down the heat between them. One user shared the video and wrote, “Weird scene here as Luka’a son congratulated him on the birth of his own baby sister…”

Here are some more reactions from fans.

However, some section of the fans were happy to witness the superstars, cooling off amid the polarizing narratives on social media.

Luka Doncic ended up having the best night, dropping 50 points with 15 assists, meanwhile Booker had an underwhelming game, dropping 20 points in a 128-114 losing game.

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While there wasn’t any heated moments between Luka and Booker, fans still witnessed minor physical altercation involving D-Book. 

Doncic steps up for Booker

With the less than 2 minutes left in the third quarter, Devin Booker and Dallas Mavericks‘ Grant Williams engaged in an ugly altercation. In an attempt to defend Booker, who was setting himself up for a play, Williams pushed him hard and the referee immediately called a foul on the Mavs star. However, it didn’t end there.

Both stars held on to other’s jersey and locked horns for a moment. It was Doncic, who stepped in between the players and tried to separate them. In the end, refs called double technical foul on both the players.

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