LOS ANGELES(AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers will use their normal home court for their NBA Cup game against Dallas on Friday night after Luka Doncic complained about the slipperiness of their league-issued special tournament court.

Doncic said the new court was “slippery” and "dangerous" on Tuesday night after the Lakers clinched their tournament group with a victory over the Los Angeles Clippers . The league provides exotic, unorthodox hardwood courts to every team in the league to distinguish its NBA Cup games.

While LeBron James said he didn't find the court especially perilous, Rui Hachimura echoed Doncic's concerns during the Lakers' morning shootaround Friday, saying the yellow court was “bad” and “oily, slippery.”

After Doncic's complaints, the court was examined by the league's

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