{"id":563824,"date":"2026-01-27T10:14:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T10:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/563824\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T10:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T10:14:20","slug":"doncics-scoring-streak-continues-as-lakers-beat-bulls-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/563824\/","title":{"rendered":"Doncic&#8217;s scoring streak continues as Lakers beat Bulls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luka Doncic put on another scoring masterclass with 46 points as the Los Angeles Lakers claimed a 129-118 victory at the Chicago Bulls.<\/p>\n<p>The Slovenia guard&#8217;s haul included eight three-pointers, and he also registered seven rebounds and 12 assists at the United Center to end the Bulls&#8217; four-game unbeaten run.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Doncic becomes the quickest Laker to reach 2,000 points &#8211; achieving the feat in his 65th game since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/basketball\/articles\/cvgejglklnko?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:he was traded;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">he was traded<\/a> by the Dallas Mavericks last February.<\/p>\n<p>It was the fourth match in a row that the 26-year-old has finished with more than 30 points and he tops the NBA scoring charts with an average of 33.8 points per game.<\/p>\n<p>He joins Kobe Bryant as the only players in Lakers history with at least 45 points, 10 assists and five three-pointers in a single game.<\/p>\n<p>LeBron James added 24 points, five rebounds and three assists for the Lakers with Rui Hachimura hitting 23 points off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Doncic&#8217;s achievements, Lakers coach JJ Redick admitted after the game that the superstar still gives him some anxious moments on the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s an engine that&#8217;s fully on and he likes to create out there and that&#8217;s part of what makes him a great player,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because I played with him, I have a pretty good understanding of that &#8211; not to say it doesn&#8217;t test your patience at times.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have to be willing to live with some of the stuff he tries because more often than not you will get a great result.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769508860_537_.gif\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luka Doncic put on another scoring masterclass with 46 points as the Los Angeles Lakers claimed a 129-118&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3771],"tags":[7,920,919,329,3824,149,1661,1536,185,150,368,6,1012],"class_list":{"0":"post-563824","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bulls","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bulls","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-chicago-bulls","12":"tag-chicagobulls","13":"tag-dallas-mavericks","14":"tag-jj-redick","15":"tag-kobe-bryant","16":"tag-lebron-james","17":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","18":"tag-luka-doncic","19":"tag-nba","20":"tag-rui-hachimura"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115966540041442405","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}