Luka Dončić Erupts For 60 As Surging La Lakers Extend Win Streak In Miami

Luka Dončić scored 60 points, LeBron James had a triple-double connected a nighttime wherever he tied nan NBA grounds for games played, and nan Los Angeles Lakers pushed their season-best winning streak to 8 games pinch a 134-126 triumph complete nan Miami Heat connected Thursday night.

It tied nan second-most points Dončić ever scored successful a game, down a 73-point nighttime against Atlanta successful 2024 and matching a 60-point nighttime against New York successful 2022. Dončić besides collapsed nan grounds for a Heat opponent, topping nan 58-point effort from James Harden for Houston connected 28 February 2019.

Dončić – nan NBA’s scoring leader – has now scored astatine slightest 30 points successful 8 consecutive games, reached 50 for nan 2nd clip successful his past 5 games and did truthful connected nan 2nd nighttime of a backmost to back. James vanished pinch 19 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists, and Austin Reaves scored 18 for nan Lakers.

Bam Adebayo had 28 points for Miami, which has dropped 3 straight. Tyler Herro scored 21 points and Norman Powell had 20 for Miami, which led by arsenic galore arsenic 15 successful nan early going.

LeBron James and Luka Dončić clasp aft Thursday’s game. Photograph: Lynne Sladky/AP

James didn’t miss a changeable until early successful nan 4th quarter, meaning he connected connected 21 of 22 successful a span of conscionable complete 7 quarters. He made his past changeable effort successful Monday’s triumph astatine Houston, past went 13 for 14 successful Wednesday’s triumph complete nan Rockets, followed by a 7-for-7 commencement against nan Heat.

But Dončić was nan story, getting 39 of his 60 aft halftime. He vanished 18 of 30 from nan field, 9 of 17 from 3-point scope and 15 of 19 from nan foul line.

The Heat were without Jaime Jaquez Jr. (left hep tightness) and Andrew Wiggins (toe).