Overview
- Returning from a one-game suspension Tuesday, Luka Dončić posted 42 points and 12 assists in a 127-113 win over Cleveland and reached 15,000 career points.
- The victory gave Los Angeles its 50th win, clinched the Pacific Division and a playoff berth, and kept the Lakers 50-26 in the West’s No. 3 slot.
- His March total hit 600 points to break Kobe Bryant’s Lakers record, joining Michael Jordan as the only players to reach 600 in March.
- LeBron James logged his 1,229th combined regular-season and playoff win to pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most in NBA history.
- With two games against the Thunder up next, JJ Redick’s public MVP push for Dončić meets a key test that could sway seeding and voters.