Luka Doncic on LeBron James scoring 50,000 points: 'He might get to 70k'
Fittingly, Doncic got the assist on James’ milestone bucket. “Yeah, it’s amazing,” Doncic said. “Watching him do this stuff at this age, it’s just unbelievable like 50k points… it’s I can’t even explain how insane that is. He might get to 70k, you never know.” The Lakers, still without Rui Hachimura and Austin Reaves, got 13 points from Dalton Knecht and 12 each from Jared Vanderbilt and Shake Milton.Source: Los Angeles Times
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Luka on LeBron reaching 50,000 points: “I can’t even explain how insane that is. He might get to 70k, you never know.” pic.x.com/w8Rbf9kfwt – 10:34 AM
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“It’s amazing. Watching him do this stuff at this age, it’s unbelievable” – Luka Doncic after helping LeBron James hit the 50,000-point milestone
“At the end of the day, it’s about winning games. We’re doing that now, and we can’t relax at all”
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/17… – 3:33 AM
Emiliano Carchia @Sportando
LeBron James surpasses 50,000 points in regular season and playoffs sportando.basketball/en/lebron-jame… – 2:20 AM
Dave McMenamin @mcten
LeBron James on the hardest part about sustaining this level of play this late into his career: “Just not falling out of love with the process” pic.x.com/QZM1FE1AJ9 – 1:49 AM
Melissa Rohlin @melissarohlin
On LeBron’s 40th birthday (Dec. 30), he said he didn’t think the Lakers were a championship team. Now that they have Luka Doncic and have won seven games in a row, I asked him if his thoughts have changed: pic.x.com/mayzFktb9l – 1:49 AM
Dave McMenamin @mcten
Luka Doncic on LeBron James: “50K points … I can’t even explain how insane that is. And he might get to 70K, you never know.” pic.x.com/OVXv0PCMwn – 1:46 AM
Nate Duncan @NateDuncanNBA
New Dunc’d On Prime is OUT. Join @DanFeldmanNBA and me discussing the brutal news on Kyrie Irving, LeBron’s 50k, JJJ’s ankle injury, and 3 key games from tonight’s action pic.x.com/iqr9IU6i0U – 1:40 AM
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
😅 Luka was definitely a bit angry with the referee!
pic.x.com/a07aqHlWN8 – 1:32 AM
NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA
Luka is already joining some elite Laker company 🤯 pic.x.com/S5PeiWPQVa – 1:13 AM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Luka Doncic is now +80 in his 9 games as a Laker, including tonight’s +37.
The Lakers are 7-2 in those contests, losing only the two games bookending All-Star weekend. – 1:12 AM
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
Luka Doncic with the block and the heads-up defense to cause the turnover! 🔥
Elite defense from Doncic!
pic.x.com/Zrqei1OSrD – 1:11 AM
Arash Markazi @ArashMarkazi
FINAL: Lakers 136, Pelicans 115
– The Lakers are on a 7-game win streak for the first time since 2021 and are a top 2 seed after 60 games for the first time since 2020.
– Luke Doncic had 30 points and 15 assists, joining Magic, Lebron and Jerry as the only Lakers to do so. – 1:02 AM
Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba
Bron just had one of the most effortless 30 point games you will ever see because Luka is now around to do the heavy lifting – 12:57 AM
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
😎🔥 Luka Doncic was in that mode tonight against Pelicans!
7⃣ straight wins for Lakers pic.x.com/72usgf8h7Y – 12:57 AM
Dave McMenamin @mcten
The Lakers keep right on rolling, beat the Pelicans 136-115. LAL is 39-21. Luka 30p 15a 8r; LeBron 34p 8r 6a 2b; Hayes 19p on 8-of-8 shooting 10r; Knecht 13p 4r; Vanderbilt 12p 8r 2b; Milton 12p. L.A. hosts the Knicks Thursday before starting a 4-game road trip in BOS on Sat – 12:55 AM
Khobi Price @khobi_price
Final: Lakers 136, Pelicans 115.
Lakers on a season-best 7-game win streak, moving to 39-21 on the season.
LeBron James: 34p/8r/6a.
Luka Doncic: 30p/15a/8r.
Jaxson Hayes: 19p/10r. LAL with 43 bench points (Knecht: 13; Vanderbilt/Milton: 12).
Next up: Thursday vs. Knicks. – 12:52 AM
StatMuse @statmuse
Luka Doncic vs the Pels:
30 PTS
8 REB
15 AST
6 3P
+37 (highest by a Laker this season)
The first player in franchise history to reach those numbers in a game. pic.x.com/wkjfUAk9Rt – 12:46 AM
StatMuse @statmuse
LeBron James vs NOLA:
34 PTS
8 REB
6 AST
2 BLK
5-10 3P
His 50th career game with 30/5/5 and 5+ threes. pic.x.com/TrsUNINCXh – 12:45 AM
Arash Markazi @ArashMarkazi
Luka Doncic is already a Lakers legend. pic.x.com/C1DIkXAdkg – 12:43 AM
Kamenetzky Brothers @KamBrothers
One day, Nico Harrison will realize the problem was never Luka partaking in hookahs… but that not enough other Mavericks harnessed the hookah’s magic. AK pic.x.com/cEQwhyCxCo – 12:42 AM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Doncic just joined West (9x), Magic (22x) and LeBron (1x) as the only players in team history with 30 points and 15 assists in a game.
He and LeBron (vs. DAL, Nov. 2019) are the only Lakers in the last 35 years to hit those marks. Luka also had 30-15 for DAL in that game. – 12:42 AM
Dave McMenamin @mcten
LeBron James: 30 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists
Luka Doncic: 30 points, 7 rebounds, 14 assists pic.x.com/4rIRWN9csK – 12:32 AM
Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba
Lebron has 30 points on 14 shots. The efficiency is insane – 12:32 AM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Through 3 quarters, Luka Doncic has 30 points and 14 assists in 31 minutes, with 6 made triples.
Lakers lead 102-84, as they try to close out New Orleans in the chase for a 7th straight victory. – 12:29 AM
Khobi Price @khobi_price
END OF 3Q: Lakers 102, Pelicans 84.
Luka Doncic: 30 points, 14 assists, 7 rebounds. LeBron James: 25 points, 6 assists, 6 rebounds. – 12:28 AM
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
🤯 LeBron James is the FIRST PLAYER in NBA history to reach 50.000 career points (regular season + playoffs)!
And COUNTING… 👑 pic.x.com/ABPu9IML9W – 12:25 AM
Dave McMenamin @mcten
For more perspective on LeBron James crossing the 50,000 career points threshold: Coming into tonight, the career scoring total for the New Orleans Pelicans’ entire 16-man roster in the regular season and playoffs combined was 54,155 points. – 12:23 AM
Khobi Price @khobi_price
Luka Doncic with the two-handed dunk during this verbal back and forth between the Lakers and Pelicans – 12:15 AM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Most of Doncic’s 13 assists seem to have produced either a wide-open 3, or a wide-open dunk.
Lakers lead 94-74 after a Luka-led run. – 12:11 AM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
A push early in the 3rd Q has the Lakers up 15, their largest of the evening, capped by a Knecht-to-LeBron alley-oop.
LeBron has 22, 6 and 6, and Doncic 26, 11 and 6. – 12:09 AM
Kamenetzky Brothers @KamBrothers
Stu Lantz notes during the @SpectrumSN broadcast how, in the spirit of the NFL combine, it would be awesome to learn LeBron’s 40-yard dash time. And like, not in his prime. Now. At age 40. (He ain’t wrong.) AK – 12:08 AM
Jovan Buha @jovanbuha
Halftime: Lakers 69, Pelicans 59
Jaxson Hayes has a season-high 19 points. He’s 8-for-8 on all dunks/layups. Luka Doncic has 20 points and 9 assists. There’s been a clear difference in how the offense has functioned w/ him on the floor (five turnovers aside). LeBron has 12/4/5. – 11:37 PM
Khobi Price @khobi_price
Halftime: Lakers 69, Pelicans 59.
Luka Doncic closes out the 2Q with a stepback 3, putting him at 20 points, 9 assists and five rebounds.
Jaxson Hayes: 19 points, eight rebounds.
LeBron James: 12 points, five assists, four rebounds.
Shake Milton: 8 points. – 11:35 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Luka tonight:
20 PTS
5 REB
9 AST
+23
It’s only halftime. pic.x.com/x3vBpiMvmy – 11:34 PM
Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba
Luka out here turning Jaxson Hayes into…..Anthony Davis – 11:33 PM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
LeBron nailed a pair of 3’s, both from Luka, to put the Lakers up 51-43, an answer to a hot New Orleans start to the quarter.
Doncic is a +21 already. – 11:21 PM
Kamenetzky Brothers @KamBrothers
The Lakers tend not to play well on “LeBron milestone” games, but every time LeBron steps on the court, by definition, a milestone of sorts could be waiting. Tough dilemma. AK – 11:21 PM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
With Luka on the bench, New Orleans opened the 2nd Q on a 20-7 run.
Lakers appear to be feeling the absence of Reaves and Hachimura more in this game after the bench rallied last game. – 11:18 PM
Dave McMenamin @mcten
New story: LeBron James passed 50,000 combined points for his career on the same day the 40-year-old was recognized as the NBA’s Western Conference Player of the Month for February bit.ly/3Xn0PGv – 11:14 PM
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
With a 3-pointer, LeBron James becomes the first player in NBA history to reach 50,000 points (regular season and playoffs combined)
nbcsports.com/nba/news/with-… – 11:10 PM
Khobi Price @khobi_price
END OF 1Q: Lakers 36, Pelicans 23.
Luka Doncic: 17 points (5-9, 3-6 on 3s), 4 assists, 3 rebounds. – 11:07 PM
Kamenetzky Brothers @KamBrothers
Luka finishes the first quarter with 17/3/4, earning himself a well-earned hookah break. BK – 11:06 PM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Luka Doncic exploded for 17 1st Q points, on 5 of 9 FG’s with 3 triples plus 4 FT’s, and got several other wide open looks for teammates (4 assists) once New Orleans started to blitz him.
LA take a 36-23 lead out of the 1st Q. – 11:06 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Luka in 1Q:
17 PTS
3 REB
4 AST
5-8 FG
3-5 3P
Cooking early. pic.x.com/y654ZjSd2w – 11:05 PM
Khobi Price @khobi_price
Luka Doncic is up to 15 points late in the 1Q after making three straight 3s, skipping after the last two.
Lakers leading Pelicans 28-17. – 10:59 PM
Jim Eichenhofer @Jim_Eichenhofer
Refs were not buying what Luka Doncic was trying to sell on some of his drives to draw a whistle, so he’s decided to start launching threes instead and is heating up. He has 11 games of 46+ pts in his career, with two vs. #Pelicans – 10:59 PM
Kamenetzky Brothers @KamBrothers
If teams are going to double Luka nine miles from the bucket, the Lakers are going to score a LOT of points. BK – 10:57 PM
Arash Markazi @ArashMarkazi
LeBron James has scored over 50,000 points in the regular and postseason. No one will come close to his scoring record whenever he decides to retire. I’m not sure if anyone will top 40,000 points. Kobe Bryant had 39,283 when he retired and Michael Jordan had 38,279. – 10:57 PM
Dave McMenamin @mcten
Luka Doncic is cooking. He’s hit three straight 3s and already has 15 pts with more than three minutes remaining in the 1st Q. LAL is up 28-17 and there are “Lu-ka! Lu-ka! Lu-ka!” chants coming from the crowd. – 10:57 PM
Khobi Price @khobi_price
Luka Doncic was skipping down the sideline after making his third straight 3-pointer. – 10:56 PM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Luka missed 2 of 3 FT’s on a 3-point foul, but a Jarred Vanderbilt offensive board let him immediately atone with a 3-pointer.
Doncic followed with a 3 on the next trip, and yet another triple on the trip after that.
He has 15 points, with LA up 25-17. – 10:56 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Devin Vassell joins Lebron James as the only players in NBA history with
35+ PTS
10+ REB
5+ AST
3+ STL
5+ 3P
70+ FG%
in a game. pic.x.com/EjaYpmCYdM – 10:50 PM
Khobi Price @khobi_price
LeBron James is at 50,002 career points (regular season + playoffs) after that 3-pointer. – 10:48 PM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
LeBron drilled an above-the-break 3-pointer to go over the 50,000 career point mark (combined regular season and playoffs), as he continues to increase his scoring records. – 10:47 PM
Dave McMenamin @mcten
50K for LBJ pic.x.com/fhntjbItdi – 10:46 PM
Bill Simmons @BillSimmons
Steph and LeBron are both on legit good teams again only it’s 2025 – it’s kind of nuts. – 9:48 PM
Khobi Price @khobi_price
Lakers say Luka Dončić (right knee contusion) has been upgraded to probable for tonight vs. New Orleans.
Austin Reaves (right calf strain) and Markieff Morris (illness) have been downgraded to out. – 4:22 PM
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Mark Daigneault was named Western Conference Coach of the Month.
SGA was nominated for West Player of the Month. LeBron James won the award.
Lu Dort was nominated for West Defensive Player of the Month. Toumani Camara won the award.
SGA and JDub were nominated for West Player – 4:13 PM
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Emiliano Carchia @Sportando
LeBron James, Donovan Mitchell named NBA Players of the Month sportando.basketball/en/lebron-jame… – 2:54 PM
Dave McMenamin @mcten
LeBron James (West) and Donovan Mitchell (East) were the NBA’s Player of the Month for February pic.x.com/4JD9x60VZV – 2:50 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was nominated for Player of the Month, edged out by LeBron James pic.x.com/NlH7obvFwZ – 2:36 PM
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
🤯🍷 LeBron at 40 is putting up almost better numbers than in his 2012-13 MVP season! pic.x.com/q3jZcHEUdJ – 2:34 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
LeBron in February:
29.3 PPG
10.5 RPG
6.9 APG
55.5 FG%
44.3 3P%
Western Conference Player of the Month pic.x.com/aTeToeQAjj – 2:32 PM
Cody Taylor @CodyTaylorNBA
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James and Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell have been named the NBA Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Month, respectively, for games played in February. pic.x.com/YDZE50mARd – 2:30 PM
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
🥹 Luka Doncic sent his love to Kyrie Irving who is out for the season with a torn ACL!
🤜🤛 pic.x.com/rpizOXebhN – 1:14 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Luka Doncic as a Laker:
22.0 PPG
8.3 RPG
6.8 APG
1.8 SPG
6-2 record. pic.x.com/VofDA0cE4w – 1:04 PM
Tony East @TonyREast
The Mavs might be screwed this year. My idea for them: Trade Anthony Davis and a future first for Lakers guard Luka Doncic. Include Max Christie if that’s what it takes. Would really get their franchise back on track. – 12:14 PM
Yossi Gozlan @YossiGozlan
The Luka Doncic trade is so historically awful and upsetting that we’ve completely glossed over how unnecessary the Caleb Martin trade is.
The Mavericks are stuck without the ability to add to their shorthanded roster because that deal put them right up against the hard cap. – 12:02 PM
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Kyrie Irving suffers season-ending torn ACL in left knee in latest blow to Dallas’ season
Dallas was 19-10 and fourth in the West heading into Christmas, when Doncic strained his calf. The rest is history and the team sits as the No. 10 seed currently.
nbcsports.com/nba/news/kyrie… – 11:43 AM
Jim Eichenhofer @Jim_Eichenhofer
5 things (#Pelicans visit Lakers at 9:30 p.m. CT, trying to register winning road trip; injury report, Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves are questionable for LAL; Zion, Murphy interviews from Utah win; New Orleans biggest riser in #NBA power rankings this week): nba.com/pelicans/news/… – 11:04 AM
Bobby Marks @BobbyMarks42
A devastating injury for Kyrie Irving and Dallas.
Irving was playing at an All-NBA level this season.
Since the Luka trade, he was averaging 39.3 minutes, most of any player.
He has a $43M player option for next season.
He is no longer eligible for:
– All-NBA honors
– $1M – 11:00 AM
StatMuse @statmuse
Dallas Mavericks since Christmas:
— Luka Doncic gets hurt
— Dereck Lively out indefinitely
— Trade away Luka Doncic
— Daniel Gafford out indefinitely
— Anthony Davis out indefinitely
— Kyrie Irving tears ACL
Season from hell. pic.x.com/nBJL5lAb1w – 10:57 AM
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“These passes that he makes are so bloody accurate”
@WorldWideWob on the remarkable passing ability of Luka Dončić.
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Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Lebron James is just one point shy of 50,000 career points (regular season and playoffs combined). Everything you need to know about LeBron’s historic milestone.
nbcsports.com/nba/news/lebro… – 10:53 AM
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More on this storyline
Jorge Sierra: Brook Lopez tied Larry Nance in blocks last night for No. 19 in NBA history. He also tied Isaiah Thomas in three-pointers (No. 148) and moved ahead of Amare Stoudemire in rebounds (No. 146). Also: LeBron James moved to No. 72 all-time in blocks ahead of Karl Malone and Andre Drummond. -via Bluesky / March 5, 2025
Earvin Magic Johnson: Congratulations to the King LeBron James for becoming the only player in NBA history to score 50,000 regular season and playoff points! 👏🏾 -via x.com / March 5, 2025
James, who entered the game one point shy of 50,000 total in regular season and playoff scoring, got across the threshold with a first quarter three before making four more. He scored 34 to lead the Lakers, along with eight rebounds and six assists, either he or Doncic perfectly picking the opposition apart at all times. “In order for us to be the team ultimately we need to be, the ball needs to be in Luka’s hands,” James said. “And then when Luka sits down, the ball can be in my hands or be AR’s hands when he gets back. But I’m very comfortable playing off the ball and finding my spots, running the floor, getting the outlet pass from Luka, being on the backside of the defense if he’s either being blitzed in pick-and-rolls or switched in pick-and-rolls. He attracts so many eyes and bodies. -via Los Angeles Times / March 5, 2025
Dave McMenamin: Austin Reaves will miss a second straight game tonight because of a right calf strain, the Lakers say. Luka Doncic has been upgraded to probable for tonight against the Pelicans. -via Twitter @mcten / March 4, 2025
Shams Charania: The relationship between Luka Dončić and the Mavericks’ organization had deteriorated. In many ways, Kyrie was the bridge between them. The front office even leaned on Kyrie for communication with Luka. So, now that relationship is strained, they trade Luka, and yeah—Anthony Davis has been out since his first game with the Lakers. I think he and his representatives are going to huddle up. They’ll have some tough conversations. It’s not out of the realm of possibility that the one game we saw was the last we see of Anthony Davis this season. -via YouTube / March 4, 2025
Shams Charania: In talking to people close to Luka Dončić over the last 72 hours, I was at that Lakers-Clippers game on Sunday. Luka had no intention of ever leaving Dallas. He just bought a new home there—a lofty, lofty price. He didn’t want to go anywhere. Players from abroad tend to be very committed and loyal. That’s how Luka viewed his relationship with the Mavericks—one team, one city, forever. -via YouTube / March 4, 2025
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