Doncic led the way as the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the New York Knicks 142-111, while the New York Knicks defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 127-97.

Luka Doncic scored 37 points for his sixth triple-double of the season, leading three Los Angeles scorers by at least 20 points, and the visiting Lakers beat the Washington Wizards 142-111.

Doncic had no ill effects from the injury he sustained when he fell off the Cleveland Elevated Court, and he had a triple-double at halftime Friday with 26 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds. The guard finished with 13 assists and 11 rebounds, and had three steals.

After Doncic set the tone, Los Angeles quickly took control of the game, going on a 9-0 run midway through the first quarter to lead 20-11. The early spurt gave the Lakers a lead they never lost, and they continued to build on that for the next 40-plus minutes.

Los Angeles’ Deandre Ayton had 28 points and a game-high 13 rebounds, while LeBron James had 20 points and six assists.

The trio all shot at least 50% from the field, which led the Lakers to a team shooting rate of 52-for-85 (61.2%).

The prolific offense led the Los Angeles Lakers to their second-highest scoring performance of the season, and just one game later, the Lakers suffered their most lopsided loss of the season, a 30-point loss to the Cavaliers.

The blowout derailed Washington’s goal of winning three straight games all season. The Wizards had back-to-back wins over the Portland Trail Blazers and Milwaukee Bucks, but they had no answer for Los Angeles’ initial offense.

Meanwhile, Karl-Anthony Towns notched another double-double with 14 points and 20 rebounds for the New York Knicks, who continued their surge with a 127-97 wire-to-wire victory over the visiting Portland Trail Blazers.

This was Towns’ second consecutive game with 20 rebounds, and he leads the NBA with 11.8 rebounds per game. Towns had a season-high 22 rebounds as New York beat the Toronto Raptors 119-92 on Wednesday. He has 31 double-doubles this season.

Jalen Brunson scored a team-high 26 points for the Knicks, who ended the month with five straight wins after a 2-9 slide that began on Dec. 31. ‍New York has allowed fewer than 100 points in four of its five wins.

Knicks starters OG Anunoby (24 points), Josh Hart (20 points) and Mikal Bridges (10 points) all scored in double figures. Tyler Kolek scored 13 points off the bench and Mohamed Diawara also scored 10 points.

Shaden Sharp scored 26 points for the Trail Blazers, who ended a three-game East Coast road trip that had lost four games in a row. The Trail Blazers’ losing streak tied a season high. From November 14th to 19th, the team also lost four consecutive games.

Trail Blazers bench players Jerami Grant (15 points), Sidy Cissoko (15 points) and Caleb Love (12 points) all scored in double figures, and starter Deni Avdija scored 11 points. Substitute Robert Williams III grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds.

With 3 minutes and 41 seconds left in the first quarter, Diawara’s three-pointer gave the Knicks their first double-digit lead at 22-10. New York led 37-22 at the end of the first quarter and then scored the first nine points of the second quarter.

After the second quarter, the Trail Blazers went on a 23-7 run to chase the score to 56-48, and then the Knicks entered halftime with a 59-49 lead. New York led by double digits in the second half and led by 33 points in the fourth quarter.