Lakers 116-99 Nets (28 Mar, 2026) Game Recap
LOS ANGELES — — Luka Doncic had 41 factors and eight rebounds whereas additionally selecting up his suspension-triggering sixteenth technical foul throughout the Los Angeles Lakers ‘ 116-99 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday evening.
Austin Reaves scored 15 of his 26 factors within the fourth quarter whereas the Lakers lastly pulled away from the younger Nets to safe their eleventh victory in 12 video games. LeBron James added 14 factors and eight assists for the Lakers of their return from a 5-1 highway journey that has put them in third within the Western Conference standings.
Josh Minott had 18 factors and 6 rebounds in Brooklyn’s tenth consecutive loss. Nic Claxton and Ziaire Williams scored 16 factors apiece whereas main the Nets’ energetic effort, however each starters had been saved on the bench for your entire fourth quarter together with Noah Clowney.
The younger Nets nonetheless hung with the road-weary Lakers till the ultimate minutes, erasing an early double-digit deficit and main within the fourth quarter of their twentieth loss in 22 video games general.
Doncic hit 5 3-pointers throughout his fifteenth 40-point recreation of the season, however the Slovenian celebrity discovered bother when he and Williams had been whistled for double technical fouls within the third quarter.
Williams was celebrating an offensive foul known as towards Doncic by gleefully screaming in Doncic’s private house. When Doncic reached out to shove Williams’ arm, Williams responded with a backhand swipe throughout Doncic’s face.
Unless Doncic’s technical is rescinded, he can be suspended for a recreation. He already had a technical rescinded last week after he was whistled for a verbal altercation with Orlando’s Goga Bitadze.
Bronny James performed alongside his well-known father for the second straight recreation, with LeBron getting the first father-son assist in NBA history on Bronny’s 3-pointer within the second quarter. Bronny has been restricted largely to mop-up motion in his first two NBA seasons, however he has earned rotation minutes this week within the damage absence of Marcus Smart.
Bronny and Williams performed collectively in highschool at Sierra Canyon School in suburban Los Angeles.
Nets: Host Sacramento on Sunday.
Lakers: Host Washington on Monday after LA’s first consecutive days off because the All-Star break.
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