Luka Dončić Has 393 Points in 10 Games, the Most Through 10 Since Wilt Chamberlain, as the Lakers Seek a Seventh Straight Win
Dončić is averaging 39.3 points, including 13.4 in the first quarter and 21.7 by halftime. Los Angeles is 10-2, best in the West, and visits Milwaukee tonight.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
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Luka Dončić has scored 393 points in his first 10 games, averaging 39.3 a night — and only Wilt Chamberlain has scored more through the first 10 games of a season, NBA.com reported.
The league site noted that if Dončić does not score 40 tonight, his average will fall. He is scoring a league-high 13.4 points in the first quarter alone, more than 90 other NBA players average for an entire game, and another 8.3 in the second quarter, for 21.7 points by halftime — enough to rank among the league’s top 25 scorers for a full game, NBA.com’s Brian Martin wrote. The Lakers are 10-2, best in the Western Conference, and take a six-game winning streak into Milwaukee tonight at 5 p.m. PT on League Pass, seeking a seventh straight win.
Those figures are NBA.com’s accounting through 10 games and are not a prediction for tonight’s result at the Bucks.
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