{"id":44920,"date":"2025-03-20T06:36:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T06:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=44920"},"modified":"2025-03-20T06:36:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T06:36:47","slug":"good-game-the-los-angeles-lakers-extend-their-winning-streak-at-home-to-9-games-as-they-defeat-the-denver-nuggets-with-ease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=44920","title":{"rendered":"GOOD GAME: The Los Angeles Lakers extend their winning streak at home to 9 games as they defeat the Denver Nuggets with ease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luka Doncic Makes Lakers History in Nuggets Game By Athlon NBA Staff Athlon Sports Updated March 19, 2025 9:38 PM Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic has been asked to shoulder a significant offensive load in the injury absence of LeBron James.<\/p>\n<p>In four appearances since James went down with a groin injury, Doncic has averaged 30.3 points and 9.3 assists. Continuing his strong play, the five-time All-Star erupted for 21 first quarter points against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Doncic&#8217;s 21-point first quarter was a season high in any quarter for him, and it also led the Lakers to a season-high 46-point frame (via Jovan Buha of The Athletic).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s7d2.scene7.com\/is\/image\/TWCNews\/lakers-lukaAP25054093864727\" alt=\"Lakers snap Nuggets' 9-game winning streak\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If this wasn&#8217;t enough, Doncic also made Lakers history in the first quarter of Wednesday night&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) \u00a9 Kirby Lee-Imagn Images &amp;#169; Kirby Lee-Imagn Images With his first 3-pointer of the game, Doncic converted on his 50th shot from deep in a Lakers uniform.<\/p>\n<p>Needing just 16 games to reach that number, Doncic became the fastest player in franchise history to do it. &#8220;Luka Doncic becomes the fastest player in Lakers franchise history to record 50+ 3PM,&#8221; StatMamba on X posted.<\/p>\n<p>Luka Doncic becomes the fastest player in Lakers franchise history to record 50+ 3PM pic.twitter.com\/fQOVHQCzMs \u2014 StatMamba (@StatMamba) March 20, 2025 Doncic entered Wednesday with 1,325 career 3-pointers which ranks 38th among active players.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the Slovenian guard is in just his seventh NBA season, he projects to rapidly ascend up this list.<\/p>\n<p>Since joining the Lakers, Doncic has averaged 26.2 points, 8.8 rebounds and 8.1 assists in 15 contests. LA entered Wednesday with a 10-5 record when Doncic plays.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers and Nuggets came into play tied in the loss column, making this a critical Western Conference matchup.<\/p>\n<p>With Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray sidelined, Doncic wasted no time getting the Lakers out to a 46-29 lead after one quarter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luka Doncic Makes Lakers History in Nuggets Game By Athlon NBA Staff Athlon Sports Updated March 19, 2025 9:38 PM Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic has&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44925,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>GOOD GAME: The Los Angeles Lakers extend their winning streak at home to 9 games as they defeat the Denver Nuggets with ease - 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