Luka Doncic posts 37-point triple-double as Lakers crush Wizards

Doncic leads the mode arsenic LA Lakers bushed the 142-111, portion New ‍York Knicks flooded Portland Trail Blazers 127-97.

Luka Doncic has recorded his sixth triple-double ‌of the play with 37 points, starring 3 Los Angeles scorers by ‍at slightest 20 ‍points arsenic the visiting Lakers rolled past the Washington Wizards 142-111.

Doncic showed nary sick effects from the wounded helium sustained erstwhile falling disconnected Cleveland’s elevated court, reaching a triple-double by halftime with 26 ⁠points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds connected Friday. The defender finished with 13 assists and 11 ​boards and added 3 steals.

With Doncic mounting the tone, Los ‍Angeles rapidly took power of the game, going connected a 9-0 tally midway done the archetypal 4th to pb 20-11. That aboriginal burst gave the Lakers a pb they ne'er lost, and ‍they continued to ⁠build connected it for the adjacent 40-plus minutes.

Los Angeles’ Deandre Ayton posted 28 points and a game-high 13 rebounds, portion LeBron James chipped successful 20 points and six assists.

Each of the trio changeable astatine slightest 50% from the level to powerfulness the Lakers to a torrid 52-of-85 (61.2%) field-goal shooting arsenic a team.

The prolific violative onslaught led Los Angeles to their second-highest scoring show ​of the season, conscionable 1 crippled aft the Lakers ‌experienced their astir lopsided decision of the campaign, a 30-point setback against the Cavaliers.

The blowout denied Washington successful their season-long quest to drawstring unneurotic 3 consecutive wins. The Wizards came successful with back-to-back victories ‌over the Portland Trail Blazers and the Milwaukee Bucks, but they had nary reply for the archetypal Los Angeles onslaught.

Meanwhile, Karl-Anthony Towns posted different double-double ‌with 14 points and 20 rebounds for the New ‍York Knicks, ‍who continued surging with a wire-to-wire 127-97 triumph implicit the visiting Portland Trail Blazers.

It was the 2nd consecutive 20-rebound crippled for Towns, who pb the NBA successful rebounding astatine 11.8 boards per ⁠game. Towns pulled down a season-high 22 rebounds successful New York’s 119-92 triumph ​over the Toronto Raptors connected Wednesday. He has 31 double-doubles ‍this season.

Jalen Brunson scored a team-high 26 points for the Knicks, who ended the period with 5 consecutive wins pursuing a 2-9 skid that began connected December 31. ‍New York allowed less ⁠than 100 points successful 4 of the 5 victories.

Starters OG Anunoby (24 points), Josh Hart (20) and Mikal Bridges (10) each got into treble figures for the Knicks. Tyler Kolek had 13 points disconnected the seat portion chap reserve Mohamed Diawara added 10 points.

Shaedon Sharpe scored 26 points for the Trail Blazers, who concluded a winless three-game ​East Coast roadworthy travel arsenic they mislaid their ‌fourth consecutive wide pursuing a four-game winning streak. The losing streak ties a play precocious for Portland, which besides dropped 4 consecutive from November 14-19.

Jerami Grant (15 points), Sidy Cissoko (15) and ‌Caleb Love (12) each got into treble figures disconnected the seat for the Trail Blazers portion starter Deni Avdija had ‌11 points. Reserve Robert Williams III grabbed ⁠a team-high 11 rebounds.

Diawara’s 3-pointer gave the Knicks their archetypal double-digit pb astatine 22-10 with 3:41 near successful the first. New York led 37-22 astatine the extremity of the ‌opening play earlier scoring the archetypal 9 points of the second.

A 23-7 tally aboriginal successful the 2nd pulled the Trail Blazers wrong 56-48 earlier the Knicks ‍carried a 59-49 pb into halftime. New York led by treble digits passim the 2nd fractional and by arsenic galore arsenic 33 successful ‌the fourth.