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Luka Doncic-less Lakers get back on track with win over Clippers

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Price, K. (2026, October 29). Luka Doncic-less Lakers get back on track with win over Clippers. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/29/sports/luka-doncic-less-lakers-get-back-on-track-against-clippers/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-29 · by Khobi Price

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In a game where the Los Angeles Lakers faced the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night, they won 103-85 despite being without their top players, Luka Doncic and Ziaire Williams. Austin Reaves led the Lakers with 16 points but struggled with eight turnovers. Other key contributors included Collin Sexton with 21 points, Quentin Grimes scoring a season-high 23 points with five assists and four steals, and Matisse Thybulle adding 15 points on near-perfect shooting. The Clippers were also short-handed due to injuries, missing Rui Hachimura, Brandon Ingram, and Bradley Beal.
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The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 103-87 on October 29, 2026, in a game where Luka Doncic and Ziaire Williams were out due to back tightness and left foot soreness, respectively. Without Doncic, who leads the league in scoring with an average of 36 points per game, the Lakers relied on players like Quentin Grimes (23 points) and Collin Sexton (season-high 21 points off the bench). The Clippers struggled with turnovers, recording 24 for the night. Despite a brief third-quarter rally, they dropped their third consecutive game to the Lakers following a loss earlier in the week.

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📰 Lakers Win Without Luka Doncic
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“The articles describe different games involving the Lakers, with Article A focusing on a game where Luka Doncic played against the Clippers, while Article B discusses a subsequent game where the Lakers won despite not having Luka Doncic due to injury.”
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Khobi Price
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🔮 The game couldn’t have started better for the Lakers, who were fueled by a signature Luka Doncic scoring early scoring flurry Friday night in Chase Center.
🔮 The Lakers will be without one of their starting wings when they kick off NBA Cup Group Play action against the Warriors on Friday night at Chase Center.
🔮 It’s unlikely Doncic and Reaves will come even close to being the highest-scoring duo in a season.
🔮 When the Lakers would need to play or rely on players they normally don’t, for whatever the circumstances it may be for that given game. And against the Clippers, which was the second night of the back-to-back set after Tuesday’s home loss to the Trail Blazers, the circumstances were being without superstar guard Luka Doncic (back tightness) and Ziaire Williams (left foot soreness).
🔮 And he would’ve liked to return to the franchise.
🔮 The Lakers couldn’t stop Portland from anywhere on the court: The Blazers shot 59% from the field and 50% on 3s.
🔮 Coach JJ Redick responded “still working through that” when asked if there was an update on when Carr could make his regular season debut. “He was able to do a full practice,” Redick said.
🔮 The league announced Monday afternoon that Ziaire Williams was assessed a postgame flopping fine of $2,000 upon league office review.
🔮 After making the 3 that tied the game at 116, the 6-foot-8 guard slid into the proper help defensive position to take a charge against Keyonte George driving into the paint before the Jazz guard could make the kickout pass to Doncic’s man, Ace Bailey, in the corner.
🔮 Ziaire Williams and Matisse Thybulle both scored 11 points.
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Clippers Laker Lakers the Trail Blazers

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Clippers ORG · 5× Lakers ORG · 4× Reaves PERSON · 4× Austin Reaves PERSON · 1× Doncic PERSON · 1× JJ Redick PERSON · 1× Laker ORG · 1× Luka Doncic PERSON · 1× Ziaire Williams PERSON · 1× the Trail Blazers ORG · 1×

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They got Collin Sexton showing off why he’s nicknamed the “Young Bull”, with the veteran guard providing the “insanity”, as Redick put it, on both ends of the floor that the team has come to celebrate.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-31
🔮 When the Lakers would need to play or rely on players they normally don’t, for whatever the circumstances it may be for that given game. And against the Clippers, which was the second night of the back-to-back set after Tuesday’s home loss to the Trail Blazers, the circumstances were being without superstar guard Luka Doncic (back tightness) and Ziaire Williams (left foot soreness).
2026-10-31 · New York Post
Luka Doncic-less Lakers get back on track with win over Clippers · assertive framing

Claims (17 extracted, 1 hedged)

JJ Redick has foreshadowed a night like Wednesday evening. asserted
Redick → foreshadow → evening
When the Lakers would need to play or rely on players they normally don’t, for whatever the circumstances it may be for that given game. And against the Clippers, which was the second night of the back-to-back set after Tuesday’s home loss to the Trail Blazers, the circumstances were being without superstar guard Luka Doncic (back tightness) and Ziaire Williams (left foot soreness). uncertain
circumstances → need → Doncic
Despite being without their best player and one of their starting wings, the Lakers got back on track after their first loss of the season, beating the Clippers 103-85. asserted
Lakers → get → Clippers
With Doncic sidelined, a significant amount of attention turned to Austin Reaves, the Laker’s second-best player who has gotten off to a career-best start to the season. asserted
who → sideline → season
The sixth-year guard has shown several times what he’s capable of doing when he’s the lone star in the lineup, recording box score numbers that rival All-NBA guards. asserted
that → show → guards
Clippers coach Ty Lue acknowledged the threat Reaves poses. asserted
Reaves → acknowledge → threat
“He can beat you by himself. … asserted
He → beat → himself
He’s elite,” Lue said. asserted
Lue → ’ → ?
And the Clippers treated Reaves as such, using aggressive defensive coverages to disrupt a rhythm that’s been challenging for opponents to slow down since the start of the season. asserted
opponents → treat → season
Reaves finished with 16 points on 6-of-16 shooting to go with eight turnovers, ending his streak of 23-plus-point games while shooting at least 54% from the field in four games. asserted
Reaves → finish → games
But the Lakers didn’t need a nuclear performance from Reaves. asserted
Lakers → need → Reaves
They got Collin Sexton showing off why he’s nicknamed the “Young Bull”, with the veteran guard providing the “insanity”, as Redick put it, on both ends of the floor that the team has come to celebrate. asserted
team → get → that
They got Quentin Grimes, who stepped into the starting lineup for the first time, having his best two-way performance. And they got a near perfect shooting night from Matisse Thybulle. asserted
they → get → Thybulle
Sexton finished with 21 points, scoring nine straight points late in the third quarter that pushed the Lakers’ lead from 13 to 20 points. asserted
that → finish → points
Grimes had a season-high 23 points to go along with five assists and four steals. asserted
Grimes → have → assists
Thybulle scored 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting (4 of 6 on 3-pointers). asserted
Thybulle → score → pointers
Veteran forward Jarred Vanderbilt made his season debut in light of the team’s injuries, finishing with an individual plus/minus of plus-22 in 21 minutes. asserted
Vanderbilt → make → minutes
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