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Cleveland Cavaliers at Los Angeles Lakers

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47-29, 23-15 Away
Final
113 - 127

50-26, 26-12 Home

Luka Doncic scores 42 as Lakers blow past Cavaliers 127-113

Luka Doncic knocks down a long 3-pointer for the Lakers

Austin Reaves scored 19 points, while LeBron James, Jake LaRavia and Rui Hachimura each had 14 as the Lakers won shortly after they clinched the Pacific Division title and a top-six spot in the Western Conference playoffs when the Phoenix Suns lost at Orlando earlier Tuesday.

Doncic was 13 of 26 from the floor and had his 16th game of at least 40 points this season after he missed Monday’s victory over the Washington Wizards because of technical foul accumulation. James was a game-time decision with continued left foot soreness.

Jarrett Allen scored 18 points and James Harden added 17 in his first game in his hometown since he was traded by the Los Angeles Clippers on Feb. 4. Cleveland’s Donovan Mitchell was held to 10 points on 4-of-10 shooting.

Thomas Bryant scored 14 points for the Cavaliers, who have already clinched a playoff spot. Cleveland lost for the second time in eight games since March 17 and dropped to 1-1 on a three-game road trip against Western Conference teams.

The Cavaliers led by seven late in the first quarter before the Lakers took charge to lead by as many as 15 in the second and went up 65-53 at halftime by shooting 53.2% from the floor.

Los Angeles led 86-66 midway through the third quarter and entered the fourth with a commanding 110-83 advantage.

The Lakers shot 54.2% from the floor in the game, while the Cavaliers shot 49.4%.

Los Angeles has now won 50 games in consecutive seasons for the first time since four consecutive from 2007-11.

Up next Cavaliers: At Golden State on Thursday night.

Lakers: At Oklahoma City on Thursday night.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 113 - 127
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 113 - 127
4th 22.7 Thomas Bryant makes 1-foot dunk (Nae'Qwan Tomlin assists) 113 - 127
4th 32.6 Larry Nance Jr. defensive rebound 111 - 127
4th 36.7 Kobe Bufkin misses 25-foot three point jumper 111 - 127

Statistics

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43-87 FG 45-83
49 Field Goal % 54
13-39 3PT 13-31
33 Three Point % 42
14-19 FT 24-26
74 Free Throw % 92
35 Rebounds 37
11 Offensive Rebounds 8
24 Defensive Rebounds 29
26 Assists 26
5 Steals 9
2 Blocks 4
14 Turnovers 10
0 Team Turnovers 2
14 Total Turnovers 12
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
17 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 12
11 Fast Break Points 16
56 Points in Paint 54
19 Fouls 19
7 Largest Lead 27
3 Lead Changes 3
23 Percent Led 71
Los Angeles Lakers Los Angeles Lakers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Cleveland Cavaliers Cleveland Cavaliers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Peyton Watson, G Day-To-Day Sep 25

Game Information

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Location: Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 18,997 · Capacity:

2026-27 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Chicago 0 0 .000 - -
Cleveland 0 0 .000 - -
Detroit 0 0 .000 - -
Indiana 0 0 .000 - -
Milwaukee 0 0 .000 - -

2026-27 Pacific Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Golden State - 0 - 0 0
LA Clippers - 0 - 0 0
LA Lakers - 0 - 0 0
Phoenix - 0 - 0 0
Sacramento - 0 - 0 0
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