Shan Shariff on Luka Doncic fouling out in Game 3: "He left his teammates and season out there to die"

The Dallas Mavericks are one game away from getting swept by the Boston Celtics after dropping Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday night at American Airlines Center, 106-99.

Mavericks superstar point guard Luka Doncic is getting criticized by several national media members after he committed his fifth and sixth fouls in just 28 seconds, with the final one coming with 4:12 left in the game and Dallas down by three points after storming back from a 21-point fourth-quarter deficit.

ESPN's Brian Windhorst was among the insiders to rip Doncic after the game.

"If Luka's ever gonna be a winner coming out of this tunnel here, he is gonna have to use what has happened in this Finals as a learning experience," Windhorst said. "His defensive performance is unacceptable."

Doncic is known as a player who wears his emotions on his sleeve. He's quick to point the finger at officials and tends to badger them when a call doesn't go his way. 105.3 The Fan's Shan Shariff weighed in on Doncic fouling out and said his emotions cost his team a shot to get back into the series.

"He lacks composure during his meltdowns," Shariff said. "It's no different than my three-year-old throwing a fit because I don't let him eat his jello before his chicken nuggets. It's a petulant child, a little baby, melting down and whining, with zero accountability afterward. Because deep down he knows no one is going to check him. ... He left them out there to die. ... Luka left the season and his teammates out there to die with four minutes left in the fourth quarter because he can't control himself, and that is a fact."

After the game, Doncic spoke about fouling out for just the third time in his career and first time in the postseason.

"I don't want to say nothing, but six fouls in the NBA Finals?" Then he held out his hands, palms up. "I'm like this? Come on, man. (Be) better than that."

Dallas will now look to become the first team in NBA postseason history to come back from a 0-3 deficit to win a series.