When a leak in the roof at American Airlines Center delayed Game 4 of the Western Conference finals on Tuesday, workers scrambled to clean the floor and stop the leak.
Everyone else waited and waited and … waited, as they looked around with uncertainty about when the game was going to resume.
After the Dallas Mavericks’ 119-109 win over the Warriors, Luka Dončić had a clever suggestion of who should’ve been called to help fix the leak.
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“Luka, you’ve done a lot for this franchise,” one reporter asked after the game. “Is there anything you can help do to fix the roof?”
“I wish,” Dončić replied. “I’ll ask Dirk [Nowitzki]. Dirk has more memories in this building.”
“He’ll say he built it so maybe he is to blame,” the reporter joked back.
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Nowitzki did spend his entire 21-year career in Dallas and is probably more familiar with the home arena than any other player.
Perhaps the 14-time All-Star will have to take a break from his front office duties with the Mavericks and check out the roof when he gets the chance.