Los Angeles Lakers 124, Atlanta Hawks 114: Lakers win the paint and never trail by much
Luka Doncic posted 32, 8 and 10 as the Lakers won 52-42 in the paint and won outright as 2.5-point underdogs in Atlanta.
The Lakers won this one inside. They scored 52 points in the paint to Atlanta's 42, shot 53 percent from the field and turned 20 Hawks turnovers into a cushion Atlanta could only dent. The final was 124-114 at State Farm Arena, the Lakers' sixth straight win, and it moves them to 10-2.
Luka Doncic ran it: 32 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists. Walker Kessler gave him a finisher at the rim with 21 points and 10 rebounds, and Sandro Mamukelashvili supplied the outside shooting with 23 points on 5-of-8 from three.
How it was won
The first quarter set the terms. The Lakers went up 31-22, and a 37-point second quarter pushed the lead to 68-57 at the half. At their best they led by 20.
Atlanta's push came in the third. The Atlanta Hawks won the period 33-27 and cut the gap to 95-90 going into the fourth. That was as close as the second half got. The Lakers answered with 29 points in the fourth to Atlanta's 24 and closed it out by 10. The Hawks' largest lead of the night was 8, which came early.
The box score explains the shape of it:
- Field goals: Lakers 45-85 (53 percent), Hawks 40-88 (45 percent).
- Three-pointers: Lakers 15-35, Hawks 17-44. Atlanta made two more threes but needed nine more attempts to do it.
- Free throws: Lakers 19-23, Hawks 17-23.
- Turnovers: Lakers 16, Hawks 20.
- Rebounds: 40 apiece. Assists: Hawks 33, Lakers 30.
Doncic was not sharp from deep, going 3-of-11, and it did not matter much. Mamukelashvili's 5-of-8 covered for that, and Kessler's work around the basket kept the paint numbers lopsided.
For Atlanta, CJ McCollum led with 21 points on 3-of-5 from three. Nickeil Alexander-Walker added 20 but went 4-of-14 from deep, and Onyeka Okongwu had 16 points and 9 rebounds. The Hawks moved the ball well, but four extra turnovers and a 10-point deficit in the paint left them chasing. Atlanta falls to 7-5.
Against the number
The market had Atlanta as the favorite. The closing spread was Hawks -2.5, and the moneylines closed at Lakers +121 and Hawks -144. The Los Angeles Lakers won outright, so they covered with room to spare: a 10-point win against a 2.5-point line.
The total closed at 233.5. The teams combined for 238, so the over landed by 4.5 points. It was on pace from the start: 125 points were on the board at halftime, and the fourth quarter added 53 more.
Full closing prices and the line history are on the game page.
What's next
The Lakers stay on the road. They play at the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, on Spectrum Sports Net, Spectrum Sports Net +, MyMi and the Bucks App. Their last loss was 112-95 at Golden State, and since then they have won at Sacramento, Detroit and now Atlanta, plus three at home.
Atlanta's next game was not listed in the material available to us at the time of writing. Check the Hawks page for the schedule and the opening price once the market posts it.