MIAMI (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 60 points, LeBron James had a triple-double on a night where he tied the NBA record for games played, and the Los Angeles Lakers pushed their season-best winning streak to eight games with a 134-126 win over the Miami Heat on Thursday night.
It tied the second-most points Doncic ever scored in a game, behind a 73-point night against Atlanta in 2024 and matching a 60-point night against New York in 2022. Doncic also broke the record for a Heat opponent, topping the 58-point effort from James Harden for Houston on Feb. 28, 2019.
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Michigan State basketball has survived the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, defeating North Dakota State, 92-67, and moving on to the Round of 32. In moving on, the Spartans will now have a date with Louisville on Saturday.
The matchup between the Cardinals and Spartans will be for a spot in the Sweet 16, something Louisville has not done since the 2015 season. The Spartans, of course, made a trip to the second weekend last season.
So, about those mid-major teams not being able to compete with the higher payrolls from the power-four conferences. On Thursday night, VCU pulled off one of the wildest comebacks we’ve seen this season, sending North Carolina home in the first round thanks to an 82-78 win.
Earlier in the day, High Point had pulled off the upset win over Wisconsin, but what we all witnessed from the Tar Heels on Thursday night will be talked about for quite some time.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Morez Johnson Jr. had 21 points and 10 rebounds on a perfect shooting night, and No. 1 seed Michigan rode a second-half surge to a 101-81 victory over 16th-seeded Howard in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday.
Towering center Aday Mara had 19 points, seven rebounds and six assists for a Wolverines team that set the Big Ten regular-season record with 19 conference victories. Johnson shot 8 of 8 from the field as Michigan (32-3) moved within one win of matching a program record set in 2017-18.
Top-seeded teams improved to 160-2 against No.