"After Austin Reaves carried the Los Angeles Lakers as their solo star all week, Luka Doncic returned Friday to take the baton back with another 40-point performance in L.A.'s 117-112 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. Doncic, who missed the previous three games with a sprained finger on his left hand and a lower left leg contusion that he thought might keep him out until at least Sunday, flew to Memphis separately to join the team Thursday and went on to pour in a game-high 44 points."
""I mean, I feel great," Doncic said when asked about being included in such rare company with the basketball legend. "But obviously, if we get a win, I feel even better. So that's the whole point, trying to help the team to win. And sometimes it's going to be scoring, sometimes other things." He did other things, too, also leading L.A. with 12 rebounds and six assists as the Lakers fought back from a 15-point second-half deficit"
Luka Doncic returned from a sprained finger and leg contusion to score 44 points as the Los Angeles Lakers rallied from a 15-point second-half deficit to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 117-112. Doncic has posted three straight 40-point games to open the season, totaling 136 points in those games and averaging 45.3 points. He also contributed 12 rebounds and six assists in the win. Only Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan have scored 125 or more points in their first three games to start a season before Doncic.
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