Luka's 42 Leads Lakers Over Cavs 127-113

Written By Malcolm Xavier of The Lakers Room

MVP chants were a plenty on this night...but what a day, the Lakers clinched a playoff seed earlier with Phoenix loss to Orlando along with the Pacific Division crown. They also earned JJ Redick his second 50th win campaign in as many season's at the helm for the purple and gold. That's impressive. They opened as -1.5 against visiting Cleveland and it never felt that close after about the 4 minute mark of the second quarter when the Lakers led 50-45. They closed the first half after that on a 15-8 run to lead 65-53 at halftime and never looked back. Deandre Ayton was a monster down low in the first half scoring 11 points and adding 6 rebounds - 5 offensive making his presence known early.

Donovan Mitchell struggled mightily on this night and scored 10 points on as many shots in a night that ended early. Luka extended his 30 point streak adding 42 points on this night on 13/26 shooting and 6/13 from deep, also adding 11 assit and 5 rebounds. LeBron chippedin 14 points 6 assist and 5 rebounds, Jake LaRavia scored 14 and hit both of his three pointers along with multiple hustle plays. LA outscored Cleveland 33-19 to take a massive 110-83 lead into the fourth quarter which triggered the Cavs to empty their bench to start the fourth. The Lakers cruised to a 127-113 victory on the second night of a back to back improving it's record to 50-26. They play again at Oklahoma City on Thursday.