Luka Doncic Scores NBA Season-High 52 as Lakers Rally Past Jazz 132-123
Luka Doncic hit eight 3-pointers and scored 52 points as the Lakers came back from 18 down to beat Utah on Sunday. Los Angeles is 3-0.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 2 min read
Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco skyline at blue hour, seen from Hawk Hill. Photo: Daniel L. Lu / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
Luka Doncic scored 52 points, the first 50-point game of the NBA season, as the Lakers beat the Utah Jazz 132-123 on Sunday in Salt Lake City, the Associated Press reported.
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Doncic made eight 3-pointers and added 10 assists and seven rebounds.
Austin Reaves scored 29. The two combined to make 21 of 24 free throws.
Utah led by 18 in the second quarter and scored 47 points in the first quarter, according to NBA.com's box score. Doncic's stepback 3 with 4.1 seconds left in the half gave the Lakers their first lead, 74-71.
Back-to-back Doncic 3s capped a 14-5 run that put Los Angeles up 127-121 with 1:42 left.
Lauri Markkanen led the Jazz with 28 points. Keyonte George had 24 points, nine rebounds and 10 assists, and Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 20. Walker Kessler, playing his first game back in Utah since a July sign-and-trade, had two points.
The Lakers (3-0) host Portland on Tuesday. The Jazz host Memphis on Monday. Attendance was 17,867.
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Austin Reaves had 28 points and nine assists and Walker Kessler added 22 points and six blocks as the Lakers moved to 2-0. Luka Doncic scored 23 but committed a career-high 11 turnovers.
The Golden State Valkyries beat the Atlanta Dream 68-64 at Chase Center on Saturday, Oct. 17, for the first WNBA Finals win in franchise history. Gabby Williams scored 26 points despite a late knee knock. Game 2 is Monday at Chase Center.
Milwaukee came back from a four-run first inning to win Game 2. The series moves to Tropicana Field for Game 3 on Monday with Freddy Peralta on the mound.
