On Saturday night, the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Chicago Bulls (in California) by a score of 146-115.
Luka Doncic finished the loss with 34 points, eight rebounds and six assists while shooting 10/18 from the field in 32 minutes.
However, the superstar forward had seven turnovers.
After the game, Doncic was very honest when he met with the media.
Doncic: “I think they scored a lot of transition points, especially off my turnovers, so gotta do that better. It’s on me. I can’t be losing the ball seven times. That’s way too many for me.”
Doncic had gotten off to an incredible start to the game in the first half.
“Luka Doncic first half vs. Bulls:
29 PTS
7 REB
2 AST
9-14 FG
7-10 3PT”
He is averaging 26.9 points, 8.7 rebounds, 7.9 assists and 1.8 steals per contest while shooting 41.3% from the field and 36.3% from the three-point range in his first 17 games for the Lakers.
Luka Doncic in March:
31.1 PPG
8.8 RPG
8.9 APG
4.7 3PM
42.7% 3PT
He’s on pace to be the youngest Laker to average 30+ PPG in a single month since Kobe in 2003.”
With the loss, the Lakers are now 43-27 in 70 games, which has them as the fourth seed in the Western Conference.
They are in the middle of a two-game losing streak (and 4-6 over their last ten).
