By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Luka Doncic posted a triple-double, leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a 130-120 win over the Miami Heat in crypto.com Arena.
Limited to 9/22 from the field, including 1/11 three-pointers, the 26-year-old Slovenian superstar went for 29 points in a third straight win for his side in the 2025-26 NBA Regular Season.
“When we get a win, it doesn’t matter how many points I scored,” he noted in the postgame press conference.
Shaping his 82nd career triple-double and first of the season, Doncic tallied 11 rebounds and ten assists, alongside three steals, lasting 38:20 on Sunday.
German Maxi Kleber (abdominal muscle strain) remained among the sidelined players for the team coached by JJ Redick.
On the wrong end, Swedish Pelle Larsson combined a start with 17 points, Serbian Nikola Jovic played through a right hip contusion with nine points, and Italian Simone Fontecchio put up nine more points. In contrast, Lithuanian Kasparas Jakucionis (right groin strain) stayed on the injury list, and Russian Vladislav Goldin was inactive as well.
In Scotiabank Arena, the Toronto Raptors overcame the latest absence of Austrian Jakob Poeltl (lower back injury management) with a 117-104 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. European participation for the team coached by Serbian Darko Rajakovic was limited to a scoreless showing for Georgian Sandro Mamukelashvili. For the team coached by Finnish Tuomas Iisalo, Spanish Santi Aldama had 15 points.
Spanish Jordi Fernandez and the Brooklyn Nets fell to the Philadelphia 76ers, 129-105, in Barclays Center. Russian Egor Demin had five points, but Israeli Ben Saraf and French Nolan Traore stayed on the bench, and Israeli Danny Wolf (left ankle sprain) was out. Starting for the Sixers, Turkish Adem Bona got two points in 14 minutes.