Luka Doncic scores 42, reaches milestone and leads Lakers to 13th win in 14 games
Luka Doncic finishes with 42 points and becomes the third youngest player in NBA history to reach 15,000 career points in the Lakers' 127-113 win over Cleveland.
Lakers star Luka Doncic reacts after scoring during the first half of a 127-113 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers at Crypto. com Arena on Tuesday night. (Allen J.
Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Luka Doncic , with the eyes of five defenders fixed on him in the paint, faked a lob pass. He threatened to wrap a pass around Cleveland center Thomas Bryant’s back. Instead, the Lakers superstar pulled up straight over the top of Bryant’s outstretched arm, dropping a fadeaway jumper softly through the net.
Doncic smiled slyly toward the Lakers bench as he back pedaled. He shrugged at himself. Doncic brought back all his old tricks after serving a one-game suspension and continued his torrid March with 42 points, 12 assists and five rebounds in the Lakers’ 127-113 rout of the Cavaliers (47-29) on Tuesday at Crypto.
com Arena. Read more: How Luka Doncic's season stacks up against the NBA's other MVP contenders Doncic, who was suspended for Monday’s game against the Washington Wizards because of technical foul accumulation, had his league-leading 16th 40-point game. The league’s leading scorer reached 15,000 points for his career, becoming the third-youngest player in NBA history to reach the mark.