Luka Doncic Drops 41 as Lakers Pummel Bucks
Luka Dončić led the Lakers to a 119-95 win over the Bucks despite LeBron James missing his 15th game this season due to sciatica, with Milwaukee shooting 24% in the first half.
- On Saturday night, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 119-95 as Luka Doncic scored 41 with nine rebounds and Austin Reaves added 25 points and eight assists.
- Both teams were playing the second game of a back-to-back after NBA Cup games on Friday, with Milwaukee Bucks making just 10 of 41 shots and Los Angeles Lakers shooting 23 of 42.
- L.A. held a 30-18 lead after one quarter and expanded to a 65-34 halftime lead, while Milwaukee opened the third quarter on a 20-5 run sparked by AJ Green.
- LeBron James remained out with sciatica and has missed all 14 games this season, while the Lakers host Utah on Tuesday and the Bucks at Cleveland on Monday.
- Without Rui Hachimura and Marcus Smart , Deandre Ayton posted 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Lakers.
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Luka Doncic drops 41 as Lakers pummel Bucks
MILWAUKEE — Coach JJ Redick felt like nearly every game he’s coached so far featured the Lakers dealing with the circumstances they did on Saturday night at Fiserv Forum: down multiple key players, and needing to adjust on the fly in light of short-handed personnel. So maybe it’s for that reason the Lakers looked as comfortable and in control as they did during their 119-95 road-trip-ending victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. Already without LeBro…
Luka Doncic scores 41 to lead Lakers’ rout of the Bucks
MILWAUKEE — The stressful trip grew even more trying for the Lakers when two more of their core players weren’t able to play in the last leg of a five-game journey that tested L.A. in many ways. Steady defensive ace Marcus Smart (viral illness) and the solid Rui Hachimura (left calf soreness) missed the second night of back-to-back games against the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night at Fiserv Form, the two of them sidelined along with LeBron Jam…
Doncic scores 41 points, Reaves adds 25 as Lakers roll to 119-95 win against Bucks
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Luka Doncic had 41 points and nine rebounds, Austin Reaves added 25 points and eight assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Milwaukee Bucks 119-95 on Saturday night.
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