Denis Schroeder holds Luka Doncic’s lodge
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In their last preseason matchup, the Lakers hosted the Kings, an opportunity to Luka Doncic to continue getting back in shape afterwards his first 25-point outing against the Sunslast tuesday.
The Slovenian continued his momentum collecting 31 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists while shooting 8/16 and 6/11 from distance, in 32 minutes of play. Preseason obliges, former Mavericks point guard did not play the end of the game and left eight minutes from the end of the match only after a last step back from 3 points on the head of Nickue Clifford.
With this kind of performance, the Lakers should logically have won, but that was not the case. Especially because Austin Reeves missed the big shots: 3-of-15 shooting, including 0-of-7 from 3-point range.
Isaac Jones and Makime Rainaud decisive
On the other hand, on the side of the kings, Dennis Schroder shined with 25 points and 3 rebounds on 10/17 shooting. Thanks to an interception, a layup and a floater, the German brought his team back within three lengths just before injury time. Isaac Jones gives Sacramento the lead a minute into overtime, and Maquime Raynaud (9 points, 2 rebounds) tries to extinguish the Lakers’ hopes of victory in the final seconds.
After the Frenchman missed two consecutive free throws, Isaac Jones grabbed an offensive rebound and sent the ball to the rookie who was on a 3-pointer in front of the circle. On the feint, the former Stanford player wipes out Maxi Kleber before feeding Christian Kollock to give the Kings a three-length lead.
however, Dalton Knecht manages to equalize at 3 points, but on the last shot of the game Isaac Jones is again the victim of a foul Nick Smith Jr. and he made just one of his two free throws at the line to give the Kings a 117-116 win in their first and final game of the preseason.
Sacramento will open the season this Wednesday against the Suns, while the Lakers will play their opening night scheduled for Tuesday when they host the Warriors.
2025-10-18 06:07:00
