{"id":432603,"date":"2026-01-27T11:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/432603\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T11:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:02:07","slug":"nba-luka-doncic-puts-on-scoring-masterclass-to-lead-la-lakers-to-win-at-chicago-bulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/432603\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA: Luka Doncic puts on scoring masterclass to lead LA Lakers to win at Chicago Bulls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luka Doncic put on another scoring masterclass with 46 points as the Los Angeles Lakers claimed a 129-118 victory at the Chicago Bulls.<\/p>\n

The Slovenia guard’s haul included eight three-pointers, and he also registered seven rebounds and 12 assists at the United Center to end the Bulls’ four-game unbeaten run.<\/p>\n

Doncic becomes the quickest Laker to reach 2,000 points – achieving the feat in his 65th game since he was traded<\/a> by the Dallas Mavericks last February.<\/p>\n

It was the fourth match in a row that the 26-year-old has finished with more than 30 points and he tops the NBA scoring charts with an average of 33.8 points per game.<\/p>\n

He joins Kobe Bryant as the only players in Lakers history with at least 45 points, 10 assists and five three-pointers in a single game.<\/p>\n

LeBron James added 24 points, five rebounds and three assists for the Lakers with Rui Hachimura hitting 23 points off the bench.<\/p>\n

Despite Doncic’s achievements, Lakers coach JJ Redick admitted after the game that the superstar still gives him some anxious moments on the sidelines.<\/p>\n

“He’s an engine that’s fully on and he likes to create out there and that’s part of what makes him a great player,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Because I played with him, I have a pretty good understanding of that – not to say it doesn’t test your patience at times.<\/p>\n

“You have to be willing to live with some of the stuff he tries because more often than not you will get a great result.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luka Doncic put on another scoring masterclass with 46 points as the Los Angeles Lakers claimed a 129-118…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-432603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}