{"id":555611,"date":"2026-01-31T05:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T05:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/555611\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T05:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T05:40:15","slug":"luka-doncic-has-37-point-triple-double-as-lakers-beat-wizards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/555611\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Doncic has 37-point triple-double as Lakers beat Wizards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The \u201ccompetitive edge\u201d Lakers<\/a> coach JJ Redick requested from his players showed itself right away in the form of dominance from Luka Doncic<\/a>, more outstanding play from LeBron James<\/a> and an impressive outing from center Deandre Ayton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

By the time Doncic, James and Ayton completed their night, they had combined for 85 points and 27 rebounds in helping the Lakers build a 38-point lead en route to a 142-111 victory<\/a> over the Washington Wizards on Friday. The Lakers improved to 4-2 on their season-high eight-game trip.<\/p>\n

And it centered around the brilliance of Doncic, his triple-double of 37 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds the catalyst for the Lakers (29-18) winning for the fifth time in their last seven games. He was efficient too, shooting 13 for 21 from the field and six for 13 from three-point range.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe just came out again with the right mentality, the right mindset,\u201d Redick said. \u201cAnd I do want to just reiterate just how decisive he was … and obviously to get the defensive rebounds and get a triple-double is fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ayton was a tower of strength with 28 points on 12-for-14 shooting, 13 rebounds, three blocked shots and three assists.<\/p>\n

James had the crowd engaged all game with his play that led to 20 points and six assists.<\/p>\n

The left ankle soreness that had Doncic listed as questionable was not an issue for the All-Star guard, his first half showing he was playing at another level with a triple-double of 26 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in 19 minutes against the overmatched Wizards.<\/p>\n

Doncic became the first Laker in the play-by-play era (since 1997-98) to record a triple-double in a half, a feat he also achieved with the Dallas Mavericks.<\/p>\n

\"\" <\/p>\n

Doncic dazzled with no-look and lob passes along with three-pointers that seemed to impress even him, considering he looked over to the Lakers\u2019 bench after several spectacular threes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not easy, for sure,\u201d Doncic said. \u201cIt might look easy, but it\u2019s not easy. But it just feels good to have that going. … It\u2019s just fun to be like that in that position.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 41-year-old James put on a show, throwing down lobs for dunks, drawing cheers and applause from the fans inside Capital One Arena.<\/p>\n

There was the lob from Ayton that James threw down left-handed, making teammates leap off their seats and fans gasp and cheer. For added emphasis, James stared at his left hand as he made his way down the court, a knowing look on his face.<\/p>\n

\"Lakers <\/p>\n

LeBron James passes the ball around Wizards guard Bub Carrington during the first half.<\/p>\n

(Nick Wass \/ Associated Press)<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was terrible,\u201d Ayton said about his high pass to James. \u201cI told JJ, I said, \u2018If it was not LeBron James at the end of that alley-oop, I\u2019d be right there sitting next to you!\u2019 And he started laughing. It\u2019s just a fact, \u2018cause I\u2019m like, \u2018Yo, I threw the ball out of bounds.\u2019 It was one of those things you see on Bleacher Report, where LeBron does some spectacular things, and that was one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

There was the lob from Marcus Smart that James threw down for a reverse dunk, again bringing fans and teammates out of their seats.<\/p>\n

There was the moment James drove by Washington\u2019s Alex Sarr and threw down another dunk, causing teammates to jump out of their seats again and fans to cheer even louder.<\/p>\n

When asked to rank his dunks, James deferred.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know. I\u2019ll let my LeBron Faithful fan group rate them,\u201d James said. \u201cI love those guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

One player who will be rated on his dunks is Jaxson Hayes. The Lakers center accepted an invitation from the NBA to compete in the All-Star dunk contest at Intuit Dome on Feb. 14.<\/p>\n

Etc.<\/p>\n

Though Austin Reaves<\/a> (left calf strain) was upgraded to questionable<\/a> for the game, the Lakers guard did not play. He has missed 18 straight games since suffering the injury on Christmas against the Houston Rockets.<\/p>\n

Reaves has been working out as he progresses toward a return. The Lakers play again Sunday at the New York Knicks.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe continues to progress. He hasn\u2019t had any setbacks,\u201d Redick said. \u201cYesterday was five weeks from the injury. He\u2019s right on schedule, if not a little bit ahead of schedule. So it\u2019s just him being fully confident in his body. And he continues to get great work on the court.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The \u201ccompetitive edge\u201d Lakers coach JJ Redick requested from his players showed itself right away in the form…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":555612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[38124,23074,1582,276,15190,1888,1910,8601,2961,8604,223965,224,5337,3365,6475,243191,449,24566,101645,23885],"class_list":["post-555611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-assist","tag-ayton","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-dunk","tag-fan","tag-game","tag-james","tag-la","tag-lakers","tag-lob-pass","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles","tag-luka-doncic","tag-night","tag-outstanding-play","tag-point","tag-rebound","tag-triple-double","tag-wizards"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115988111356000156","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}