For Thanksgiving, we talked about all the things we’re thankful for this NBA season.
There’s no smoke coming out of Luka Doncic’s fingers, but it’s fair to say he was on fire during the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers at Crypto.com Arena on Tuesday, November 25.
Doncic finished the first quarter with 24 points on 9-14 shooting, including 5-8 from 3-point range.
Incredibly, the Lakers still trailed 38-37 at the end of the quarter, but relied on Doncic to continue shooting.
Doncic had a game-high 32 points at halftime, with the Lakers leading 69–66. Although their pace slowed down after the first quarter, you can’t score if you don’t shoot.
He took 14 shots from the floor in the first quarter. He took only three wickets in the second quarter. But here’s some context:
Doncic spent the first 4:20 of the second quarter on the bench. He scored his first points with 6:16 remaining in the quarter when he was fouled while making a jumper and made a free throw for a three-point play.
Eventually, he increased his point total to 32 points.
He is shooting 64.7% from the floor (11 of 17), 60% from 3-point range (6 of 10) and 4-5 from the free throw line.
Oh, and Doncic is doing more than just scoring. He also had six assists and three rebounds. And three turnovers, but who’s counting turnovers, right?
This explosion should come as no shock, as Doncic entered the game leading the league with 34.5 points per game.
(For the record, Doncic’s career high is 73 points, which he scored in the Dallas Mavericks’ 148-143 win over the Atlanta Hawks on January 26, 2024.)
Luka Doncic’s stats tonight vs. Clippers
At halftime:
- score: 32
- FG: For 11-17 (For 6-10 out of 3)
- free throw:4-for-5
- Rebound: 3
- Helps: 6
- Theft: 0
- Block: 1
- Business: 3
- foul: 1
- minutes: 20
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