Lakers star Luka Doncic remained on the injury report for the team’s upcoming game against the Grizzlies on Friday.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/fannation/nba/fastbreak as Luka Doncic Comes Up Short of 40-Mark For the First Time This Year. As the Los Angeles Lakers took care of business against the Miami Heat, they collected their fifth win of the season with Luka Doncic leading the way.

The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Memphis Grizzlies by a score of 117-112 on Friday night, a game that included a hot shooting performance and a big game from superstar guard/forward Luka Doncic. A noticeably slimmed-down Doncic nailed 14-of-27 shots including 6-of-15 from three-point range giving Lakers fans visions of an MVP caliber season in Tinseltown.

Luka Doncic scored 29 points with 11 rebounds and 10 assists as the Los Angeles Lakers kept up with the torrid pace of the visiting Miami Heat to earn a 130-120 victory on Sunday.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder are 7-0 and became the third team in NBA history to start 7-0 in back-to-back seasons and the first since the 1993-95 Rockets. Without Jalen Williams, Oklahoma City hasn’t skipped a beat as another example of how valuable SGA is.

Luka Doncic’s brief injury recovery concluded on Friday night. As the Los Angeles Lakers went head-to-head with the Memphis Grizzlies for NBA Cup action, Doncic

LA started hot offensively with Hachimura scoring the first five Lakers points. It was Hayes who then took over, scoring 10 points, including a 3-pointer. The Lakers were shooting 64% while Miami was shooting 58%.