Overview
- Los Angeles held New York to 42.7% shooting with 19 turnovers and only eight made threes, keeping the league’s No. 3 offense 20 points below its season average.
- Luka Doncic scored 35 points with eight rebounds and two steals, while Austin Reaves added 25 points and five assists in a wire-to-wire victory.
- LeBron James was a late scratch with a left elbow contusion and left foot arthritis, and the Lakers improved to 9-2 this season when Doncic and Reaves play without him.
- JJ Redick credited “multiple efforts,” including drawn charges by Doncic, Reaves and Marcus Smart, as the decisive factor in controlling the game’s physicality.
- The result moved the Lakers to 39-25 and fifth in the West, offering a rare win over a .600 team as they head into tests against Minnesota, Denver and two games with Houston.