{"id":218178,"date":"2026-03-13T14:28:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T14:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/218178\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T14:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T14:28:32","slug":"luka-doncic-scores-51-points-in-lakers-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/218178\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Doncic scores 51 points in Lakers victory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From Thuc Nhi Nguyen<\/a>: In this game of \u201che said, he said,\u201d Luka Doncic<\/a> got the last laugh.<\/p>\n

Doncic, fueled by trash talk from his opponents Thursday, recorded his first 50-point game with the Lakers, checking out with 1:41 remaining to a standing ovation with 51 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists to lead the Lakers to a 142-130 win<\/a> over the Chicago Bulls.<\/p>\n

The Lakers<\/a> (41-25) jumped into third place in the Western Conference with their seventh win in their last eight games, climbing from sixth in just one week despite not having LeBron James for the last three games.<\/p>\n

James, returning from elbow and hip contusions sustained in a fall<\/a> against the Denver Nuggets on March 5, had 18 points with seven rebounds and seven assists. Austin Reaves<\/a> scored 30 points with seven assists to reach 5,000 career points, and Deandre Ayton<\/a> had his second consecutive double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds.<\/p>\n

The Lakers let the struggling Bulls (27-39) go on a 12-3 run to tie the score at the end of the first quarter but started to heat up when Doncic scored 10 consecutive points in the second quarter. The streak signaled to the six-time All-Star he was going to have one those nights.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomebody started talking to me,\u201d Doncic said, \u201cso I woke up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n

Lakers box score<\/a> <\/p>\n

NBA standings<\/a> <\/p>\n

Donovan Dent leads UCLA men past Rutgers<\/p>\n

From Ryan Kartje: This was hardly a masterpiece of Big Ten basketball<\/a>, what with the barrage of bricks and busted possessions. Nor was it the sort of night to convince you of UCLA<\/a>\u2019s chances as a surefire conference contender.<\/p>\n

But amid the mess of its 72-59 win<\/a> over 14th-seeded Rutgers on Thursday night, UCLA showed the sort of mettle it may need to keep its season kicking this March.<\/p>\n

It started with Donovan Dent<\/a>, whose masterful month continued with his first career triple-double \u2014 and the first triple-double in Big Ten tournament history. The senior tallied 12 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists. He and Tyler Bilodeau<\/a>, who added a game-high 21 points, were the rare bright spots on offense for the Bruins.<\/p>\n

Otherwise, UCLA struggled to find any sort of rhythm. It shot just 38% from the field, worse than it had in any win this season. And still, the Bruins were in control for most of the game after pulling away early in the second half.<\/p>\n

None of that will fly against No. 3 seed Michigan State on Friday at 6 p.m. PDT, which beat UCLA by 23 points the last time they met.<\/p>\n

Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n

UCLA box score<\/a> <\/p>\n

Controversy about L.A. Marathon finish<\/p>\n

From Anthony Solorzano<\/a>: Just 0.18 seconds separated Michael Kimani Kamau from $15,000. Sunday\u2019s 41st L.A. Marathon was decided by a late-charging sprint from Nathan Martin<\/a>, the winner who received $25,000 for first place. The runner-up earned $10,000.<\/p>\n

With five miles to the finish line and no one else picking up pace, Martin decided to push himself to the end. Kamau\u2019s experience down the stretch was different. Less than a quarter mile from the finish, his race took an unexpected turn because of a fan.<\/p>\n

With many fans cheering him on, one interfered and led him off course. A video<\/a> posted on Reddit shows Kamau following a fan off course for roughly 10 seconds.<\/p>\n

He briefly followed the lead vehicles off the designated course while trying to avoid a spectator who ran into his path. Fans immediately stopped him and pointed him in the right direction.<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually thought he won until I got home later that day and saw the news channels reporting that Nathan had an amazing kick at the end,\u201d said Ivan Torres, who filmed the scene.<\/p>\n

Organizers are aware of the video but no protests were filed and the results are unchanged.<\/p>\n

Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n

Trent McDuffie\u2019s wish comes true<\/p>\n

From Gary Klein<\/a>: Trent McDuffie<\/a> was a young high school player in Southern California when the Rams returned from St. Louis to Los Angeles in 2016.<\/p>\n

In 2020, McDuffie watched HBO\u2019s \u201cHard Knocks\u201d episodes about the team, and he was enamored by coach Sean McVay.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember just being like, \u2018Dang, I would like to play for that guy,\u2019\u201d McDuffie said Thursday.<\/p>\n

McDuffie, an All-Pro cornerback acquired by the Rams<\/a> in a blockbuster trade, recalled those thoughts during an introductory news conference at the team\u2019s facility in Woodland Hills after he signed a record-breaking four-year extension that reportedly includes $100 million in guarantees.<\/p>\n

Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n

Concerns about L.A. Olympics<\/p>\n

From Kevin Baxter<\/a>: A report on how Olympic organizers will tackle civil rights, homelessness and human trafficking ahead and during the 2028 Games<\/a> has not been made public by the city more than two months after it was filed and no date for its release has been set, leaving human rights advocates fearing the issues will not get the attention and funding they deserve.<\/p>\n

Council president Marqueece Harris-Dawson, who chairs the ad-hoc committee on the LA28 Games, has not included the human rights report on the committee\u2019s agenda. His office did not respond to requests for comment and Sharon Tso, the city\u2019s chief legislative analyst, and Matthew Szabo, the city\u2019s administrative officer, both said they have not seen the report and \u201cnothing appears on the council file,\u201d according to Tso.<\/p>\n

The delay is limiting discussion on an important topic, said Stephanie Richard, a clinical professor who leads the Sunita Jain Anti-Trafficking Initiative at Loyola Law School, which released its own comprehensive report on human trafficking and the 2026 World Cup<\/a> and 2028 Olympics in December.<\/p>\n

Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n

Ducks lose to Toronto<\/p>\n

William Nylander broke a tie on a power play 36 seconds into the third period and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Ducks<\/a> 6-4 on Thursday<\/a> night to end an eight-game losing streak.<\/p>\n

The victory was tempered by the loss of captain Auston Matthews on a knee-on-knee hit from Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas with four minutes left in the second period. Matthews stayed down favoring his left leg before being helped to the locker room. Gudas was assessed a major penalty and game misconduct.<\/p>\n

Matthews scored earlier to end a 12-game goal drought.<\/p>\n

Cutter Gauthier, Ian Moore, Pavel Mintyukov and Alex Killorn scored for the Pacific Division-leading Ducks<\/a>. Lukas Dostal stopped 23 shots.<\/p>\n

Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n

Ducks summary<\/a> <\/p>\n

NHL standings<\/a> <\/p>\n

This day in sports history<\/p>\n

1894 \u2014 J.L. Johnstone of England invents the starting gate for horse racing.<\/p>\n

1920 \u2014 NYU wins the national amateur basketball championship in Atlanta. The Violets beat Rutgers 49-24 in the final of the AAU tournament.<\/p>\n

1961 \u2014 Floyd Patterson knocks out Ingemar Johansson in the sixth round to retain the world heavyweight title in Miami Beach.<\/p>\n

1982 \u2014 Elaine Zayak of the United States wins the world figure skating championship.<\/p>\n

1983 \u2014 Randy Smith\u2019s consecutive game streak ends at 906 games, the longest in NBA history. Smith played for Buffalo, San Diego (twice), Cleveland and New York during the streak.<\/p>\n

1997 \u2014 The America\u2019s Cup, the oldest trophy in international sports and yachting\u2019s most coveted prize, is all but destroyed by a Maori protester who struck it repeatedly with a sledgehammer in Auckland, New Zealand.<\/p>\n

1998 \u2014 Bryce Drew hits a leaning three-pointer as time expires to give Valparaiso a shocking 70-69 upset of Mississippi in the first round of the NCAA Midwest Regional.<\/p>\n

2001 \u2014 Philadelphia\u2019s Mark Recchi picks up his 1,000th point during a 5-2 win over St. Louis. He\u2019s the 60th player in NHL history to reach the mark.<\/p>\n

2007 \u2014 Lance Mackey wins the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, becoming the first musher to win major long-distance North American sled dog races back-to-back. On Feb. 20, Mackey won his third consecutive Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, a 1,000-mile race between Fairbanks and Whitehorse, Yukon.<\/p>\n

2007 \u2014 Dallas\u2019 Mike Modano becomes the 39th player in NHL history and second born in the United States to reach 500 goals, scoring with 10:24 left in the third period of a 3-2 victory over Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

2008 \u2014 Bode Miller clinches the men\u2019s overall World Cup ski title. Miller earns his second title in four years with a 12th-place finish in the super-G combined, along with Didier Cuche\u2019s announcement that he would not enter the season-ending slalom in Bormio, Italy.<\/p>\n

2011 \u2014 The NCAA men\u2019s basketball selection committee releases its 68-team draw, which included a record 11 teams from the Big East, the deepest conference in the nation. The tournament adds three more at-large teams that will open the tournament in what the NCAA is calling the \u201cFirst Four.\u201d<\/p>\n

2012 \u2014 BYU pulls off the biggest comeback in NCAA tournament history on a wild opening night. Noah Hartsock scores 16 of his 23 points in the second half and the Cougars rally from 25 points down to beat Iona 78-72 in the first round. It marks the biggest comeback in an NCAA tournament game. Previously, the largest deficit overcome was 22 points in 2001 when Duke fought back to beat Maryland 95-84 in the national semifinals. It\u2019s the second incredible turnaround of the night in Dayton. With President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron watching, Western Kentucky comes back from a 16-point deficit in the final 5 minutes to beat Mississippi Valley State 59-58.<\/p>\n

2018 \u2014 Russell Westbrook picks up the 100th triple-double of his career and the Oklahoma City Thunder uses a 16-0 run late in the fourth quarter to pull away from the Atlanta Hawks for a 119-107 victory. Westbrook scores 32 points, dishes out 12 assists and grabs 12 rebounds to become the third-fastest player to reach the milestone.<\/p>\n

2020 \u2014 Elite football in Britain, including England\u2019s Premier League, EFL, Women\u2019s Super League plus in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, is suspended until at least April 3 because of COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

2022 \u2014 After a 40-day retirement, record breaking quarterback Tom Brady announces he will play at least one more season in the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.<\/p>\n

Compiled by the Associated Press<\/p>\n

Until next time…<\/p>\n

That concludes today\u2019s newsletter. If you have any feedback, ideas for improvement or things you\u2019d like to see, email me at houston.mitchell@latimes.com<\/a>. To get this newsletter in your inbox, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Thuc Nhi Nguyen: In this game of \u201che said, he said,\u201d Luka Doncic got the last laugh.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[5167,426,15186,6706,48,52,51,1415,47,50,49,63,100,15185,15188,427,14826,1791,68,15184,15187],"class_list":{"0":"post-218178","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-associated-press","9":"tag-dodgers","10":"tag-jason-preston","11":"tag-kings","12":"tag-la","13":"tag-la-headlines","14":"tag-la-news","15":"tag-lakers","16":"tag-los-angeles","17":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","18":"tag-los-angeles-news","19":"tag-los-angeles-times","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-sandy-alcantara","22":"tag-taylor-fritz","23":"tag-team","24":"tag-teams","25":"tag-times","26":"tag-tuesday","27":"tag-ucla-olympic-sports","28":"tag-wimbledon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}