Luka Doncic scores 43 as Lakers defeat Clippers in NBA Cup

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Doncic, Austin Reaves and LeBron James combined for 99 points arsenic the LA Lakers clinched their radical successful NBA Cup play.

Published On 26 Nov 2025

Luka Doncic scored 24 of his 43 points successful the archetypal 4th and finished with 13 assists and 9 rebounds arsenic the big Los Angeles Lakers notched a 135-118 triumph implicit the Los Angeles Clippers connected Tuesday to clinch West Group B of the NBA Cup.

Austin Reaves scored 18 of his 31 points successful the 4th fourth and collected 9 rebounds for the Lakers, who won their 5th consecutive game. LeBron James added 25 points, six rebounds and six assists, and Rui Hachimura had 13 points.

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The Lakers improved to 3-0 successful NBA Cup play portion the Clippers fell to 2-1. The Clippers are inactive successful the moving for a wild-card spot.

James Harden recorded 29 points and 9 assists, and Kawhi Leonard and Kris Dunn scored 19 points apiece for the Clippers, who person mislaid 11 of their past 13 games. John Collins posted 18 points, and Ivica Zubac added 10 points and 10 rebounds.

The Lakers changeable a torrid 57.5 percent from the field, including 13 of 29 (44.8 percent) from 3-point range. Doncic made a season-best 7 treys portion registering his 5th 40-point effort of the campaign.

The Clippers made 51.9 percent of their field-goal attempts and were 13 of 35 (37.1 percent) from down the arc.

Dunn was ejected with 3:33 near aft shoving the hoops into Doncic’s thorax and hitting the Lakers’ Jaxson Hayes successful the look with an unfastened manus aft Hayes pushed Dunn from behind. Hayes received a method foul.

Reaves scored 7 points during a 14-4 tally to commencement the 4th fourth arsenic the Lakers turned a five-point vantage into a 112-97 lead.

A abbreviated clip later, helium scored 5 consecutive Lakers points to propulsion the vantage to 117-102 with 6:51 remaining.

The Clippers crept wrong 124-115 connected Harden’s handbasket with 2:55 near earlier the Lakers scored the adjacent 9 points to sew up the victory.

Doncic made 5 3-pointers during his 24-point archetypal quarter, but the Lakers trailed 38-37 entering the second.

Doncic had 32 points astatine halftime arsenic the Lakers led 69-66. Harden scored 16 points successful the archetypal fractional for the Clippers.

James’ handbasket gave the Lakers an 82-72 vantage with 8:30 near successful the 3rd quarter. The Clippers ripped disconnected the adjacent 11 points, though, taking an 83-82 borderline connected Leonard’s handbasket with 5:31 remaining.

The Lakers jumped backmost connected top, and James converted a three-point play to springiness them a 98-93 pb entering the last stanza.