Austin Reaves jokes Luka Doncic could’ve scored 60 ‘if he weren’t asleep’

Luka Dončić scored 40 points as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Sacramento Kings 116-103 on Wednesday. It was his fifth 40-point game in six outings, helping the Lakers improve to 7-2 and strengthening early talk of him as an MVP contender.

Austin Reaves joked that Dončić might have reached 60 points if he had not started slowly, scoring 10 in the first quarter on 2-for-7 shooting. Dončić also had nine rebounds and seven assists, while Reaves scored 21 points; Dončić is averaging a league-leading 38.5 points, 8.1 rebounds and eight assists. Reaves also pointed to Dončić’s 73-point game for Dallas in January 2024.