{"id":221633,"date":"2025-10-18T06:47:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T06:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/221633\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T06:47:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T06:47:19","slug":"luka-doncic-lakers-impress-nba-fans-in-1st-look-at-starting-lineup-vs-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/221633\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Doncic, Lakers Impress NBA Fans in 1st Look at Starting Lineup vs. Kings\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Los Angeles Lakers point guard Luka Don\u010di\u0107 impressed in his final preseason tune-up before the regular season starts, posting 31 points, nine rebounds and five assists in a 117-116 loss to the Sacramento Kings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Don\u010di\u0107 played alongside a starting five that will begin the season with LeBron James, <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/46544930\/lakers-star-lebron-james-sidelined-3-4-weeks-sciatica\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">who is out<\/a> with sciatica in his right side. The current unit includes Gabe Vincent, Deandre Ayton, Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Of note, Hachimura (18 points) and Vincent (14 points) each hit 4-of-5 three-pointers. Newcomer Marcus Smart added 14 points and four steals off the bench.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Kings were shorthanded and missed three starters in Domantas Sabonis, DeMar DeRozan and Keegan Murray. New addition Russell Westbrook also didn&#8217;t play, nor did key 2023-24 Sixth Man of the Year runner-up Malik Monk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">That being said, Don\u010di\u0107 still looked great and ready to lead the Lakers into the season. Fans were impressed with his efforts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Lakers begin their regular season on Wednesday at home against the Golden State Warriors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Lakers point guard Luka Don\u010di\u0107 impressed in his final preseason tune-up before the regular season starts,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-221633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}