Doncic Deactivated Rockets, Lakers in the playoffs with priority (video)
New match, old story. After Luka Doncic at Return to Dallas showed the best performance of notorious changes, was also the best basketball player on the Los Angeles Lakers team to play Houston Rockets in the home Crypto.com Arena (140: 109; Statistics) and gave the advantage of the home playground when entering the NBA playoffs. The lakes won first place in the Pacific Division and third in the Western Conference.
The twenty -six -year -old Slovenian star in three quarters (playing 31 minutes, the last quarter was on the bench) deactivated 39 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. « The Don », as he was nicknamed in California, has already straightened the measuring devices. His throw from the game was 68 % (13/19), for three points 5/9, for two 8/10. He was the least good from the free throw line (8/14). The Ljubljana man is the player who reached the 100 triples in the history of the franchise.
JJ Redick, La Lakers coach: “I am proud of the team, 50 victories are always a nice achievement. The credit goes to all the players. Each contributed a significant share to the victories and the mentality we created. The credit goes to the expert headquarters and all the people who contributed to it. It’s nice to be part of this group. «
Five home players scored a two -digit number of points. Austin Reeves added 23, Dorian Finney-Smith 18, Rui hachimura 16 and Lebron James 14. At Houston, for which the match was not important, as he had already secured another starting point in the west, he was the best Cam Whitmore with 34 points.
Lakers will be playing in Portland tomorrow at the last game of the regular part of the season, which will not count the last part of the season, then it will be finally clear who they will compete in the first round of « Play-Off ».
Doncic played with Houston’s defense. Photo: Mulcehy/AFP Catheday
