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Luka Doncic dropped forty-five points on the Toronto Raptors Sunday night, but the story coming out of the Lakers' one thirty-one to one twenty-five win wasn't the scoring — it was Luka's defense. He's saying this year he genuinely turned a corner on that end, and the film backs it up.
Meanwhile in Golden State, rookie Yaxel Lendeborg put on a show against the Clippers with thirty-seven points and six threes — the most by a Warriors rookie since a guy named Stephen Curry back in two thousand ten. Curry and Draymond were resting, and Lendeborg nearly hit forty before admitting he fell into peer pressure chasing the number. Kid's got personality to go with the game.
Across the Atlantic in Formula One, Ryo Hirakawa's debut just got a whole lot better. He crossed the line thirteenth, but both Alpine drivers picked up post-race penalties, and that was enough to bump the Japanese driver into the points in his very first grand prix start. Not the way you draw it up, but you'll take it.
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