Cleveland Cavaliers @ Los Angeles Lakers
Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 10:30 PM ET
Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA | Game ID: 22501103
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
LAL 32 33 45 17 127CLE 34 19 30 30 113
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Luka Doncic scores 42 as Lakers blow past Cavaliers 127-113
LOS ANGELES -- — Luka Doncic scored 42 points with 12 assists, Deandre Ayton added 18 points with nine rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers extended their winning streak to four games with a 127-113 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night.
Austin Reaves scored 19 points, while LeBron James , Jake LaRavia and Rui Hachimura each had 14 as the Lakers won shortly after they clinched the Pacific Division title and a top-six spot in the Western Conference playoffs when the Phoenix Suns lost at Orlando earlier Tuesday.
Doncic was 13 of 26 from the floor and had his 16th game of at least 40 points this season after he missed Monday’s victory over the Washington Wizards because of technical foul accumulation. James was a game-time decision with continued left foot soreness.
Jarrett Allen scored 18 points and James Harden added 17 in his first game in his hometown since he was traded by the Los Angeles Clippers on Feb. 4. Cleveland’s Donovan Mitchell was held to 10 points on 4-of-10 shooting.
Thomas Bryant scored 14 points for the Cavaliers, who have already clinched a playoff spot. Cleveland lost for the second time in eight games since March 17 and dropped to 1-1 on a three-game road trip against Western Conference teams.
The Cavaliers led by seven late in the first quarter before the Lakers took charge to lead by as many as 15 in the second and went up 65-53 at halftime by shooting 53.2% from the floor.
Los Angeles led 86-66 midway through the third quarter and entered the fourth with a commanding 110-83 advantage.
The Lakers shot 54.2% from the floor in the game, while the Cavaliers shot 49.4%.
Los Angeles has now won 50 games in consecutive seasons for the first time since four consecutive from 2007-11.
Up next Cavaliers: At Golden State on Thursday night.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
CLECP C. Porter Jr.
DM D. Mitchell
DS D. Schröder
EM E. Mobley
JA J. Allen
JH J. Harden
KE K. Ellis
LN L. Nance Jr.
MS M. Strus
NT N. Tomlin
SC Schroder
TB T. Bryant
TP T. Proctor
LALAR A. Reaves
AT A. Thiero
BJ B. James
DA D. Ayton
DO Doncic
JH J. Hayes
JL J. LaRavia
KB K. Bufkin
LD L. Dončić
LJ L. James
LK L. Kennard
RH R. Hachimura
CLE/LAL the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur