Overview
- Luka Dončić posted 29 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, and Austin Reaves added 26 points with 11 assists as Los Angeles never trailed and pushed its streak to three to move to 5-2.
- Jake LaRavia delivered 25 points off the bench, Jaxson Hayes scored a season-high 15 on 7-for-7 shooting including his first 3-pointer as a Laker, and Marcus Smart recorded his 1,000th career steal.
- Reaves connected with Bronny James for a first‑quarter alley‑oop dunk, a crowd-lifting highlight that Reaves noted may make him the first to lob to both LeBron and his son.
- Deandre Ayton was a late scratch with back spasms and, though available in the fourth, was held out as a precaution; LeBron James has yet to play due to sciatica with a return targeted this month.
- Jaime Jaquez Jr. led Miami with 31 points as the Heat closed to within two early in the fourth before the Lakers’ late run; Los Angeles visits Portland on Monday on the second night of a back-to-back.