{"id":668418,"date":"2026-03-20T08:51:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T08:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/668418\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T08:51:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T08:51:25","slug":"doncic-matches-bryant-as-lakers-beat-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/668418\/","title":{"rendered":"Doncic matches Bryant as Lakers beat Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Luka Doncic, Los Angeles Lakers player, collects a rebound against the Miami Heat\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/f1282f4ded07259937e9aef883aa5126.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Luka Doncic scored the most points ever recorded against the Miami Heat<\/p>\n<p>Luka Doncic became the first player since Kobe Bryant to score 60 points in a game for the LA Lakers as they overcame the Miami Heat 134-126.<\/p>\n<p>Doncic \u2013 the NBA&#8217;s leading scorer this season \u2013 has reached 30 points in eight consecutive games and got to 50 twice in his last five appearances but in hitting 60 achieved a mark that no Lakers player had managed since Bryant in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>And on a night of notable marks for the Lakers, LeBron James scored a triple double with 19 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists to move.<\/p>\n<p>The game was his 1,611th regular-season outing, moving him level with Robert Parish for the most in NBA history. The all-time leading scorer in NBA history will set a new record if he features for the Lakers against the Orlando Magic on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s not only competing against the entire league but also Father Time. And he&#8217;s giving Father Time hell,&#8221; Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra said of the 41-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>Wembanyama stars as Spurs seal play-off spot; Curry honoured by Hornets<img alt=\"Former Charlotte Hornets Legend Dell Curry has his jersey hung in the rafters during half-time of a basketball game between the Charlotte Hornets and the Orlando Magic at Spectrum Center.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"699\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/097eb941940146ba548c847829372127.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dell Curry was honoured at half-time alongside his family<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, the San Antonio Spurs beat the Phoenix Suns 101-100 thanks to a Victor Wembanyama effort with 1.1 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n<p>Wembanyama had 34 points and 12 rebounds, and his winning point secured Spurs a play-off spot for the first time in six seasons in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n<p>The in-form Charlotte Hornets also continued their winning run, beating the Orlando Magic 130-111.<\/p>\n<p>But the game was arguably more notable for a half-time ceremony which saw former Hornets star Dell Curry&#8217;s number 30 jersey retired.<\/p>\n<p>His shirt was lifted to the rafters at the Spectrum Center as his family &#8211; including NBA all-star sons Stephen and Seth, watched on.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the Detroit Pistons beat the Washington Wizards 117-95 in their first game without the injured MVP candidate Cade Cunningham, and the Cleveland Cavaliers overcame the Chicago Bulls 115-110.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luka Doncic scored the most points ever recorded against the Miami Heat Luka Doncic became the first player&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668419,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3778],"tags":[7,909,473,329,193,17027,188,568,144,1536,1698,185,368,295,189,3881,6,76,472,3040,534,468,669],"class_list":["post-668418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami-heat","tag-basketball","tag-cade-cunningham","tag-charlotte-hornets","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-dell-curry","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-getty-images","tag-heat","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-la-lakers","tag-lebron-james","tag-luka-doncic","tag-miami","tag-miami-heat","tag-miamiheat","tag-nba","tag-orlando-magic","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-robert-parish","tag-spurs","tag-washington-wizards","tag-wembanyama"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116260654171403913","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668418","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=668418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}