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By Matt Audilet
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The Los Angeles Lakers took down the Miami Heat with a 138-117 final score on Monday night, led by a masterful performance from Luka Doncic.
Doncic finished the game with 42 points, 13 assists and seven rebounds — furthering his campaign for this year's MVP trophy.
Heat forward Giannis Antetokounmpo was asked about what goes in to containing a player like Doncic when speaking to reporters postgame.
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In his response, Antetokounmpo lauded Doncic as possibly the best scorer to ever play the game.
"Luka is one of the best scorers to ever play this game, if not the best," Antetokounmpo said. "Not right now, not right now. Like of all time. I feel like some people are scared to say that but it's gotta be up there."
Doncic, who averaged a league-leading 33.5 points per game last season, is once again pacing the NBA with 38.3 points per game through his first seven contests of the year. He's doing so on 49.7% shooting from the field, 42.7% from behind the 3-point arc and 88.7% from the free-throw line.
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The Lakers are 6-2 to begin the 2026-27 season. Meanwhile, the Heat are 2-5.
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