Eric Collins called a spade a spade with Luka Doncic during this week\u2019s game.<\/p>\n
Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers played the Charlotte Hornets at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Calif. on Thursday. Collins, the Hornets\u2019 play-by-play announcer, was on the call for FanDuel Sports Network Southeast.<\/p>\n
In the third quarter of the contest, Doncic got a technical foul for complaining to referee Jonathan Sterling about a missed call. That led to a ruthless line from Collins on the broadcast.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis guy is a whiner!\u201d said Collins emphatically about Doncic as Doncic was pleading his case. Here is the video.<\/p>\n
Hornets announcer Eric Collins on Luka Don\u010di\u0107:<\/p>\n
“This guy is a whiner.” pic.twitter.com\/oRxyelXWeY<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 16, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n Collins, who also does play-by-play work for Amazon Prime Video, is famous for his animated and borderline-unhinged calls of exciting plays. But he told nothing but the truth there about Doncic, who is objectively a major complainer and has even personally admitted as much in the past<\/a>.<\/p>\n Doncic finished with 39 points on 15\/26 shooting, but it was the Hornets who surprisingly defeated the Lakers by a 135-117 final score. The two teams will not meet again this regular season, so at least Collins was able to get in his digs at Doncic while he could.<\/p>\n