{"id":926489,"date":"2026-10-09T11:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/926489\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T11:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:50:11","slug":"bronny-james-luka-doncics-final-box-score-stats-highlights-from-lakers-vs-kings-preseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/926489\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronny James, Luka Doncic&#8217;s Final Box Score Stats, Highlights from Lakers vs. Kings Preseason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The Los Angeles Lakers improved their preseason record to 2-1 on Thursday night thanks to a 114-110 victory over the Sacramento Kings. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Luka Don\u010di\u0107&#8217;s 23 points led all players. Bronny James did a little bit of everything in his 22 minutes off the bench for head coach JJ Redick. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">One thing Don\u010di\u0107 has struggled to get going thus far is his shooting touch. He made just six of his 16 field-goal attempts against the Kings and is 11-of-28 in two preseason contest thus far. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Even when Don\u010di\u0107&#8217;s shot isn&#8217;t working overall, there are still incredible moments overall. He tossed up a three from close to the logo to beat the shot clock and it went in. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">These are minor issues because Don\u010di\u0107 is one of the most efficient scorers in the NBA. He also got to the free-throw line nine times without a miss, so even his poor shooting nights won&#8217;t keep him from putting up a lot of points. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">James&#8217; efficiency does remain a concern to keep an eye on. He only attempted three shots, making one, so the sample size against the Kings isn&#8217;t robust. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">However, the 22-year-old is shooting 30.8 percent overall in three preseason contests. It is his best preseason field-goal percentage, <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/bronny-james-player-stats?category=scoring&amp;seasonType=pre\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">up<\/a> from 29.7 percent during his rookie year and 25.7 last season, but you would hope for more improvement if he is going to turn into a notable contributor in the regular season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">One encouraging sign from James was his playmaking and passing. He dished out six assists in his 22 minutes and is averaging 4.3 per game in the preseason. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The Lakers need to make up for some loss in playmaking with LeBron James no longer on the roster. Don\u010di\u0107 and Austin Reaves will get the bulk of the responsibility, but James could play himself into more minutes as a ball-handler when they are off the floor. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Los Angeles will get four days off before returning to action on Oct. 13 against the Golden State Warriors from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Lakers improved their preseason record to 2-1 on Thursday night thanks to a 114-110 victory&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":926490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-926489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926489","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=926489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/926490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}