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Lakers’ Luka Doncic hits halfcourt shot, chirps at Warriors’ Yaxel Lendeborg

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Price, K. (2026, October 22). Lakers’ Luka Doncic hits halfcourt shot, chirps at Warriors’ Yaxel Lendeborg. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/21/sports/luka-doncic-hits-halfcourt-shot-chirps-at-yaxel-lendeborg/

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Lakers star Luka Doncic and Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg exchanged verbal sparring during Wednesday night's game at Crypto.com Arena. The trash talk intensified when Doncic made a buzzer-beating halfcourt shot just before halftime, giving the Lakers a 66-52 lead. This 3-pointer capped off a 17-4 run and highlighted Doncic’s dominant first half where he scored 23 points, including 10 in the second quarter.

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Lakers' star player Luka Doncic taunted Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg during a game on October 22 at Crypto.com Arena. The trash talk escalated when Doncic hit a halfcourt shot just before halftime, giving the Lakers a significant lead of 66-52 and closing out the quarter with a score of 32-19 in their favor. Lendeborg, who was playing his first NBA game after being selected as the No. 11 pick in June’s draft, faced Doncic's verbal jabs throughout much of the second quarter, even while sitting on the bench. Doncic scored 23 points in the first half alone, with ten coming in the final quarter before halftime.

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Khobi Price

42 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction

🔮 Maybe Lendeborg, who was playing in his first NBA game after being the No. 11 pick in June’s NBA draft, will think twice before waking up the best that is Doncic.

2026-10-22 · assertive framing · Lakers’ Luka Doncic hits halfcourt shot, chirps at Warriors’ Yaxel Lendeborg

🔮 After the 2025-26 season ended, Kevon Looney didn’t realize the next step in his NBA journey would bring him back to a familiar place.

2026-10-22 · assertive framing · After ‘weird’ season in New Orleans, Kevon Looney eager to be Lakers’ veteran leader

🔮 “Couldn’t tell you – I haven’t played yet,” he responded while laughing after Tuesday’s practice, the final tune-up session before the team’s regular season opener against the Warriors.

2026-10-20 · assertive framing · Walker Kessler expecting pregame jitters ahead of Lakers debut

🔮 There’s a good chance Reaves will not only be the lone player in the Lakers’ starting lineup on Wednesday who started his career with the franchise, but also the only player in the rotation who was at least on a rookie contract with the Lakers.

2026-10-20 · assertive framing · Lakers’ failure to develop young players must improve to compete in West

🔮 With Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves and Walker Kessler available for Friday’s preseason finale loss to the Nuggets on Friday night at Crypto.com Arena, the wait to see how the team would look with its most consequential players alongside each other ended.

2026-10-18 · assertive framing · Lakers experience ‘growing pains’ in first look with Big 3

🔮 The Lakers unveiled what could be their starting lineup when the regular season starts next week ahead of their preseason finale on Friday night.

2026-10-17 · mixed framing · Lakers reveal potential starting lineup with surprising twist in preseason finale

🔮 So there’s a number of ways that that could be addressed, and the back-end point of it will be before we play the Warriors.

2026-10-16 · assertive framing · Lakers play numbers game as roster crunch comes back into focus

🔮 In an ideal world, by now the Lakers would’ve already gotten at least one look at what their team would look like with close to their full roster available.

2026-10-16 · assertive framing · Lakers must improve these areas before preseason ends: ‘It’ll calm down’

🔮 Flav, whose real name is William Jonathan Drayton Jr., and the 6-foot-9 Lakers forward have a friendship that dates back to when Mamukelashvili was selected in the second round of the 2021 draft.

2026-10-15 · assertive framing · Flavor Flav and the Lakers have a connection you probably didn’t see coming

🔮 “That will come with time and just playing with the guys now that I’m cleared.

2026-10-14 · assertive framing · Lakers’ Walker Kessler makes immediate impact by being ‘relentless’

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It doesn’t take much to get Lakers superstar Luka Doncic going. asserted

Doncic → take → much

Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg learned that the hard way Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena in his early “welcome to the league” moment. asserted

Lendeborg → learn → moment

Doncic and Lendeborg spent most of the second quarter talking trash to each other after the former Michigan Wolverwine was called for a shooting foul against the Slovenian guard. asserted

Wolverwine → spend → guard

The chirping continued even when Lendeborg subbed out of the game, with Doncic going out of his way late in the second to talk to the 6-foot-9 forward while he was on the bench. asserted

he → continue → bench

The punctuation mark to the jawing came right before halftime, when Doncic nailed a buzzer-beating halfcourt shot to give the Lakers a 66-52 lead going into the game’s break, with the Lakers winning the quarter 32-19. asserted

Lakers → come → quarter

Doncic scored 23 first-half points, 10 of which came in the second quarter. asserted

10 → score → quarter

The 3-pointer ended a 17-4 run for the Lakers. asserted

pointer → end → Lakers

And just like most of the quarter, Doncic went back to doing one of the things he does best: Talk trash after a big play. asserted

he → go → play

Maybe Lendeborg, who was playing in his first NBA game after being the No. 11 pick in June’s NBA draft, will think twice before waking up the best that is Doncic. asserted

that → play → best

Lakers’ Luka Doncic hits halfcourt shot, chirps at Warriors’ Yaxel Lendeborg

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