Luka Doncic continued his high-scoring onslaught over the past few days, exploding 60 points in the Los Angeles Lakers' 134-126 win over the Miami Heat on Thursday at Kasia Center.
Doncic was coming off a breakout season of 40 points in their win over the Houston Rockets, 124-116, at the Toyota Center on Wednesday, but the busy schedule hasn't stopped him from getting frantic again.
He was efficient against the Heat, shooting 18 of 30 from the field, including 9 of 17 shots from long range. He made 15 of 19 shots from the free-throw stripe.
After Doncic's heroic performance, which was the second-highest output of his career, fans couldn't help but bring up, or should we say, put down, Bam Adebayo's 83-point game against the Washington Wizards.
"The Lakers' Luka Doncic's 60-point competitive game was far more impressive than the Heat's Bam Adebayo's 83 points in a meaningless game. Imagine if Luka had made 13 more field goals, five of them threes, and 24 more free throws? Come on," @das_187 said.
@Gunsmoke__Q echoed, "Bam Adebayo scores 83 on Wizards, Luka scores 60 on Heat."
@TomBrady80 said, "If Adebayo had shot as efficiently as Luka, he would have had 100+ points."
“Luka just showed Adebayo what it was like,” @_SayParlay_ posted.
@BallinKP8 commented, "Luka Bam showing Adebayo how to properly put up a significant amount of points straight in his face. #thatsforkobe."
The hate train continues for Adebayo to have a career night. Recall, he made 23 of 43 shots from the field, including 7 of 22 from long distance. He went 36-of-43 from the free-throw line. The Heat won 150–129.
Many, including Michael Jordan, congratulated Adebayo for his historic performance.
But on Thursday, he was on the receiving end of Doncic's outstanding performance, and of course, Adebayo, who had 28 points and 10 rebounds, respected it.
