Luka Doncic stars as Lakers beat Hornets

The Los Angeles Lakers recorded their sixth triumph successful their past 7 games connected Tuesday night, defeating the weakened Charlotte Hornets 121:111. The squad was led by Slovenian ace Luka Dončić, who erstwhile again delighted the fans with 38 points, 5 three-pointers and a bid of charismatic moves. 

"It was fantastic to consciousness the enactment of the crowd," said the superb playmaker. His vigor connected the tribunal and almighty two-handed dunks caused ovations and commentators who roared with excitement. In the finale, helium deed a changeable from 3 quarters of the tribunal for fun, which caused further applause. Austin Reaves had fantabulous enactment with 24 points and 7 assists.

Key period

The 3rd 4th was decisive; the Lakers won it 31:15 and past the squad began to physique an unattainable lead. The leader of that portion was Rui Hachimura, who scored 13 points and 3 three-pointers, a full of 21 points successful the match. While the Hornets focused connected pairing Dončić, Hachimura took vantage of the abstraction and with respective important shots led the Lakers to a definite victory.

The Hornets, who played without LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller, enactment up a beardown resistance. Miles Bridges led the squad with 34 points and 7 three-pointers, and helium scored arsenic galore arsenic 16 points successful the archetypal quarter. Novak Kon Knueppel, a talented rookie, had 19 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists, which brought him person to the archetypal triple-double of his career.

In the last quarter, the guests managed to trim the shortage to 8 points with 4 and a fractional minutes left, but past Dončić took responsibility. He deed a handbasket with a three-point foul, and Marcus Smart confirmed the triumph with a three-pointer 2 and a fractional minutes left, mounting the last +14 for the Lakers.

Dončić is averaging 37.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 9.5 assists per crippled this season. His champion play truthful acold statistically came successful 2023-24 with the Dallas Mavericks, averaging 33.9 points, 9.2 rebounds and 9.4 assists per game, which was the highest successful the league. The awesome Slovenian continues to amusement that helium is simply a cardinal subordinate for the Lakers and a subordinate who tin alteration the people of the game.