Luka stays hot with 42, earns high praise from Giannis that 'some people are scared to say'

LOS ANGELES -- Luka Doncic 's volcanic scoring spree continued Monday with 42 points in the Los Angeles Lakers ' 138-117 win over the Miami Heat . Doncic's fourth 40-plus-point game in his past five outings raised his league-leading scoring average to 38.8 points per game. And the performance prompted heady praise from Miami star Giannis Antetokounmpo -- who is averaging the fourth-most points this season but still nearly 10 fewer than Doncic (28.4). "Obviously, he's one of the best scorers to play this game, if not the best," Antetokounmpo said after L.A.