Dončić drops 60 as Lakers win eighth straight
Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) reacts after point against Miami Heat at Kaseya Center. MIAMI — Sleep is optional. Momentum is not.
The Los Angeles Lakers stumbled into South Beach at nearly sunrise, dragging the weight of a back-to-back and a cross-state flight that pushed check-in past 5 a. m. By any reasonable basketball logic, Thursday night against the Miami Heat should have been a scheduled loss.
Instead, it became another chapter in the increasingly absurd run of Luka Dončić. A 134–126 win at Kaseya Center pushed the Lakers to eight straight victories — 11 of their last 12 — and to 45–25 on the season, 20 games over . 500 and firmly in control of the West’s No.
3 seed. But the standings, impressive as they are, feel secondary to what’s unfolding nightly with Dončić. This wasn’t just dominance.
It was something closer to spectacle. Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) shoots over Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) during the first half at Kaseya Center. Isabella Frias-Imagn Images Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) shoots over Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) during the first half at Kaseya Center.
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