History at the start of the season continues to be written by Luka Doncic, who put in yet another top-class performance to lead the Lakers in victory with 128-110 against the Timberwolves.
The Slovenian superstar scored 49 pointshaving 14/23 shots, 5 three-pointers, 16/19 shotswhile he added 11 rebounds and 8 assists. With this performance, he became just o fourth player in NBA history which starts the season with two consecutive 40+ point gamesafter them Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain and Anthony Daviswhom he replaced with the Lakers via trade last winter.
Despite struggling with adductor discomfort and a slight injury to his left hand early in the match, Doncic was unstoppable: he 23 points in the first periodtying a 30-year record held by the Lakers (Kobe Bryant and Kyle Kuzma). By half time it had caught up with them 32 pointswhile adding another 7 at the start of the fourth period to “clean up” the match.
For Minnesota, the Anthony Edwards had 31 points and the Julius Randle 26but without being able to limit the offensive explosion of Doncic and the Lakers, who got informal revenge for last year’s defeat in the playoffs.
THE Austin Reeves he added 25 points, 11 assists and 7 reboundswhile o Rui Hachimura had 23 points and the DeAndre Ayton 15. From the bench, Brony James he did it his debut in the season, competing for 3:14 in the last minutes.
THE LeBron James watched the game from the bench, wearing his son Bryce’s jersey, as he continues his recovery from sciatica and is expected to return in mid-November.
Source: Sport Fm
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