{"id":490252,"date":"2026-10-09T10:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T10:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/490252\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T10:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T10:14:11","slug":"luka-doncic-austin-reaves-click-in-lakers-preseason-win-vs-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/490252\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves click in Lakers’ preseason win vs. Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The bond between Luka Doncic<\/a> and Austin Reaves<\/a> is as real as it gets.<\/p>\n

And though it was just a preseason game Thursday night, Doncic and Reaves showed why they form one of the most dynamic offensive backcourts in the NBA.<\/p>\n

The Lakers<\/a> duo linked up on the very first play against the Sacramento Kings, with Reaves passing to Doncic as he cut to the basket before scoring while being fouled.<\/p>\n

Both played 25 minutes, with Doncic finishing with 23 points on six-for-16 shooting during the Lakers\u2019 114-110 win<\/a> over the Kings at Crypto.com Arena. Reaves had eight points on two-for-seven shooting, eight assists and five rebounds.<\/p>\n

Doncic, who picked up a technical foul with six minutes and 48 seconds left in the third quarter, and Reaves, who played in his first exhibition game after missing the first two, gave the fans something to be excited about.<\/p>\n

Doncic\u2019s moment came in the second quarter when he drilled a 31-foot, one-legged three-pointer off a pass from Sandro Mamukelashvili<\/a> (19 points).<\/p>\n

Reaves\u2019 moment came late in the second quarter when he had a nice hesitation move that froze Emanuel Sharp, allowing him to waltz along the baseline for a layup.<\/p>\n

Lakers coach JJ Redick<\/a> explained why Doncic and Reaves have been so close in their time playing together.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there\u2019s good chemistry with each other,\u201d Redick said. \u201cI think it\u2019s just the natural way they like each other. They like playing together. I think having them together means there\u2019s automatically two ballhandlers on the court. I think that\u2019s like an underrated part of the NBA now … having two-to-three ballhandlers on the floor at all times.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\" Injury update<\/p>\n

Walker Kessler and Collin Sexton both missed their third straight preseason game and Ziaire Williams missed his second straight game. Cameron Carr, Dalton Knecht and Arthur Kaluma also didn\u2019t play.<\/p>\n

Kessler, the Lakers\u2019 big acquisition at center from the Utah Jazz, has been nursing a finger injury he sustained after hitting the backboard during practice.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got to check in tomorrow. … It\u2019s not concerning. He\u2019ll play in the preseason,\u201d Redick said.<\/p>\n

Redick said Williams had \u201csome soreness, but it\u2019s not anything that we\u2019re concerned about.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The bond between Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves is as real as it gets. And though it was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[19538,191263,664,48,52,51,1415,47,50,49,7551,5463,16145,129,1417,190206,1414,9018,55364,15997,104354],"class_list":["post-490252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-austin-reaves","tag-big-acquisition","tag-king","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-lakers","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-luka-doncic","tag-minute","tag-moment","tag-nba","tag-point","tag-preseason-win","tag-redick","tag-second","tag-short-time","tag-walker-kessler","tag-ziaire-williams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490252","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=490252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}