Luka Doncic Scores 45 as Los Angeles Lakers Hold Off Toronto Raptors’ Fourth-Quarter Rally in 131-125 Win

Los Angeles, Calif. — The Los Angeles Lakers (5-2) built a 22-point lead and nearly gave all of it back Luka Doncic made sure they didn’t, finishing with 45 points in a 131-125 win over the Toronto Raptors (3-3) on Sunday night at Crypto.com Arena.

Doncic set the game up in the first quarter — 16 points, four steals and a block while the Lakers ran out to a 36-23 lead, Toronto unable to keep the ball or stay in front of him. He had 24 points and a career-high five steals by halftime, with the Lakers up 66-54. The third quarter broke it open: Los Angeles won the period by 10, Doncic hit from everywhere, and the lead reached 104-82 going into the fourth.

Toronto scored 43 points in that fourth quarter. Scottie Barnes, who finished with 29, and RJ Barrett, who had 22 points and 10 rebounds, dragged the Raptors back within single digits while the Lakers, on the first night of a back-to-back, tried to coast home. Big baskets from Austin Reaves — 19 points on the night — and Doncic in the closing minutes restored order. Doncic’s 45 came with 15 rebounds, six assists and eight 3-pointers, his fourth straight game of at least 35 points.

The Lakers host the Miami Heat on Monday night. The Raptors play at the Clippers on Monday.

S. Barnes PF 4

29 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST

L. Doncic PG 77

45 PTS, 15 REB, 6 AST

Raptors

STARTERS	PTS	REB	AST	FG	3PT	FT	PF	MIN	STL	BLK	TO	+/-	FPTS
S. Barnes	29	6	5	11/20	0/3	7/13	3	36	2	0	5	-9	42
R. Barrett	22	10	5	9/18	4/9	0/0	4	32	0	0	3	+9	39
I. Quickley	12	6	7	3/13	3/11	3/3	1	33	1	0	1	+8	32
J. Walter	11	4	2	4/12	3/9	0/0	3	32	1	1	1	-10	20
T. Jackson-Davis	5	5	0	2/3	0/0	1/1	0	9	2	0	0	-7	12

BENCH	PTS	REB	AST	FG	3PT	FT	PF	MIN	STL	BLK	TO	+/-	FPTS
J. Battle	20	5	0	7/14	4/10	2/2	2	16	0	0	1	-4	24
J. Shead	9	2	6	3/6	2/4	1/1	4	25	3	0	2	-27	24
A. Martin	5	2	4	2/4	1/3	0/0	2	16	0	0	0	+10	15
C. Murray-Boyles	4	3	1	1/6	0/2	2/2	3	20	3	0	1	-14	11
J. Bradley	3	1	2	1/2	0/0	1/1	1	4	1	0	0	+9	9
A. Graves	3	0	0	1/5	0/3	1/2	2	9	1	0	0	-4	4
K. Anderson	2	3	3	1/2	0/0	0/0	1	4	0	0	1	+9	10
J. Poeltl	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
M. Smith	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	125	47	35	45/105	17/54	18/25	26	236	14	1	15	-30	–

1 2 3 4 T Raptors 3-3 23 31 28 43 125 Lakers 5-2 36 30 38 27 131

Crypto.com Arena Los Angeles, CA

Lakers

STARTERS	PTS	REB	AST	FG	3PT	FT	PF	MIN	STL	BLK	TO	+/-	FPTS
L. Doncic	45	15	6	12/23	8/12	13/13	5	35	5	1	7	+27	71
A. Reaves	19	3	4	6/16	2/7	5/6	2	38	0	0	3	+14	27
W. Kessler	16	15	1	6/6	0/0	4/4	3	31	1	3	2	+11	35
J. LaRavia	8	2	4	3/6	2/3	0/0	3	25	1	1	2	+6	18
M. Thybulle	6	2	3	2/6	2/4	0/0	1	25	2	2	1	+10	17

BENCH	PTS	REB	AST	FG	3PT	FT	PF	MIN	STL	BLK	TO	+/-	FPTS
C. Sexton	14	3	3	6/10	1/3	1/2	2	19	1	0	1	-9	23
S. Mamukelashvili	11	1	1	4/7	2/5	1/1	0	23	0	0	0	+7	14
Q. Grimes	7	1	3	2/4	1/3	2/4	1	25	0	0	4	+5	10
J. Vanderbilt	4	3	1	2/2	0/0	0/0	3	12	1	0	1	-12	9
J. Hardy	1	0	0	0/0	0/0	1/2	1	1	0	0	0	-9	1
C. Carr	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1	0	0	0	-9	0
B. James	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1	0	0	1	-11	-1
K. Looney	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
C. Manon	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
L. Lovering	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
A. Kaluma	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	131	45	26	43/80	18/37	27/32	21	236	11	7	22	+30	–