Overview
- Luka Dončić logged 29 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in a 130-120 win, with Austin Reaves adding 26 points and 11 assists and Jake LaRavia scoring 25 off the bench.
- Los Angeles never trailed, extended its winning streak to three and improved to 5-2, while Miami’s Jaime Jaquez Jr. led all scorers with 31 points.
- The team announced Dončić will sit in Portland for lower left leg contusion management and Reaves is out with right groin soreness on the second night of a back-to-back.
- LeBron James remains out with right-side sciatica with a mid-November return targeted, and Deandre Ayton (back spasms) and Maxi Kleber (abdominal strain) were listed as questionable.
- Jaxson Hayes started for Ayton and scored 15, Marcus Smart supplied key defensive plays, and Bronny James energized the arena with a first-quarter alley-oop from Reaves.