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Los Angeles Lakers beat Milwaukee Bucks 123-112 for seventh straight win as Luka Dončić scores 32 and Austin Reaves exits with heel injury
Luka Dončić scored 32 and Sandro Mamukelashvili added a season-high 23 as the Lakers won their seventh straight, but Austin Reaves left in the third quarter with a heel injury.
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Luka Dončić scored 32 points, Sandro Mamukelashvili added a season-high 23 off the bench, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Milwaukee Bucks 123-112 at Fiserv Forum on Wednesday, November 11. The Lakers won their seventh straight game and improved to 11-2. The Bucks lost their eighth in a row and fell to 1-11.
The win may have come at a cost. Austin Reaves scored 18 points in 25 minutes but left the game midway through the third quarter and did not return, and he was later listed as out with a left heel injury. Dončić shot 10-of-25, made 5 of 12 threes and 7 of 10 free throws, and had 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals.
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Lakers take over early
Milwaukee led 7-2 early, its biggest lead of the night, before the Lakers answered with a 15-3 run capped by Mamukelashvili’s first three for a 17-10 lead. Reaves had 7 points in the first quarter, including a no-look and-one on a floater, and Los Angeles led 30-28 after one.
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Nate Ament’s running dunk kept Milwaukee close at 41-35 in the second quarter, but Dončić hit a 27-foot three, Mamukelashvili added another, and Reaves’ dunk off a Mamukelashvili pass with 4.6 seconds left made it 61-50 at halftime. Dončić had 19 points in the first half.
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A 33-23 third quarter
Reaves opened the second half with a three, and the Lakers pulled away. Matisse Thybulle’s three made it 75-58, and Mamukelashvili hit two more threes in the final five minutes of the quarter. Los Angeles led 94-73 after three, and Dončić’s step-back jumper and free throw with 4:25 left made it 114-90, the Lakers’ biggest lead. With both benches in, Milwaukee closed the game on a 20-7 run.
Around the box
Mamukelashvili made 9 of 15 shots and 5 of 8 threes. Walker Kessler had 10 points and 11 rebounds, Collin Sexton scored 10, Ziaire Williams had 9 points and 5 assists, and Jake LaRavia had 9 rebounds and 6 assists without scoring. The Lakers had 15 steals and scored 28 points off 19 Milwaukee turnovers, and they grabbed 19 offensive rebounds. Quentin Grimes (finger) did not play.
Tyler Herro led the Bucks with 27 points and 7 assists, and Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 25 off the bench and made all nine of his free throws. Milwaukee made 29 of 33 free throws but shot 35-of-80 from the field. Myles Turner sat out to rest. Attendance was 15,356.
What’s next
The Bucks visit the Orlando Magic on Friday, November 13, at 7 p.m. ET (2 a.m. Saturday Cairo time). The Lakers are off until Sunday, November 15, when they visit the Phoenix Suns at 4 p.m. ET (11 p.m. Sunday Cairo time).
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