Doncic Keeps Dominating: “Winning Is All That Matters”
With 29 points against the Heat, Luka Doncic reaches 165 total in his first four games of the season – and his focus remains on team success.
Luka Doncic returned to action after taking a few knocks earlier in the week, but you’d never know it from the way he played. Against the Miami Heat, he recorded his first triple-double of the season with 29 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists, leading the Lakers to another victory, 130–120.
What’s most striking, though, is the cumulative stat line: 165 points through four games – a franchise record for the Lakers to start a season – surpassing none other than Kobe Bryant and Jerry West. That’s an average of 41.3 points per game, absurd numbers that only Wilt Chamberlain managed to sustain for long stretches back in the early 1960s. The takeaway? Doncic has opened the season in complete command of the game.
For me, the most important thing is how we start games – both offensively and defensively – and how we move the ball. It’s a process; there are still more than 70 games left in the season. Percentages aren’t what matter most. In the end, all we care about is winning.
Luka Doncic
Los Angeles is thriving behind Luka’s offensive firepower. With LeBron James managing his ongoing sciatica issue, there’s no doubt about who the team’s focal point is right now.
When we win, I don’t care how many points I score. Miami’s been playing great basketball, and we knew this was going to be a tough game.
Luka Doncic
Despite not having his best shooting night – just 1-for-11 from three, with his rhythm off and his trademark step-backs not falling.
Doncic compensated in other ways: 8-for-11 on twos, 10-for-12 from the free-throw line, precise reads, impeccable timing, and clutch plays down the stretch. The Lakers managed to seal the win even as Austin Reaves struggled with his own shooting.
The feeling is that this might just be the beginning of an even more refined version of Luka Doncic: less forced volume, more efficiency, more control.
He’s channeling his competitiveness into the joy of playing. That’s Luka – he finds the perfect balance between the two.
JJ Redick
If this is the level he’s at just two weeks into the regular season, get ready – because Doncic’s stat lines might soon start looking like something out of a video game.