CHICAGO (AP) — Luka Doncic had 46 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers cooled off the Chicago Bulls with a 129-118 victory on Monday night, Jan. 26.

LeBron James scored 20 of his 24 points in the first half as Los Angeles improved to 3-1 on an eight-game trip. Rui Hachimura added 23 points on 9-for-11 shooting.

The Lakers were swept by Chicago in their two-game series last season, including a wild 119-117 loss at the United Center on Josh Giddey's half-court shot at the buzzer.

Coby White scored 23 points for Chicago on Monday night, and Ayo Dosunmu had 20. The Bulls had won four in a row and five of six overall.

Chicago went 18 for 49 from 3-point range. It has made at least 17 3s in its last five games.

Los Angeles led by as many as 20 points, but Chicago closed to 81-80 on Nikola Vucevic's two foul shots with 6:42 left in the third quarter.

But Marcus Smart responded with a three-point play for the Lakers. Doncic then made two free throws and Hachimura connected from deep to make it 89-80 with 4:38 left.

Doncic made a 3 and another foul shot to lift Los Angeles to a 104-89 lead going into the fourth. Doncic scored 20 points in the third on 6-for-9 shooting.

The Lakers shot 56% (46 for 82) from the field, including a 16-for-33 performance from 3-point range.

The Bulls had six players score in double figures. Vucevic had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Giddey finished with 19 points.

Los Angeles moved in front with a 25-6 run that started late in the first quarter and carried over to the second. James' fast-break jam made it 51-37 with 7:19 left.

The Bulls closed the first half with a 7-0 spurt, trimming the Lakers' lead to 69-56. Doncic had 17 points and eight assists in the first half.

Meanwhile, Payton Pritchard scored 23 points, hitting buzzer-beaters to end each of the first two quarters, and Jaylen Brown added 20 to lead the Boston Celtics to a 102-94 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.

Derrick White scored 18 points, making a 3-pointer after Portland cut what had been a 23-point deficit to five in the final minute. White also stole the ball on the Blazers' next possession.

Jerami Grant scored 19 and former UConn star Donovan Clingan had 15 rebounds for the Blazers, who had won four of their previous five games to briefly climb above .500 for the first time since November.

Pritchard hit a long 3-pointer at the first-quarter buzzer to give Boston a 32-11 lead. Portland cut the deficit to 10 before ex-Blazer Anfernee Simons made a 3 and Pritchard hit a fadeaway shot from the lane as time ran out in the half to make it 52-37.

Portland made it 99-94 in the final minute after Grant drove for a basket, got fouled, missed the free throw and then made another layup off Toumani Camara's offensive rebound. But White's 3-pointer effectively ended the threat.

Jrue Holiday, who was a starter on Boston’s 2024 NBA championship team, got a big hand when he was introduced before the game and a standing ovation following a tribute video after the first quarter. Holiday, who scored 14 points, was traded away last summer as the Celtics tried to avoid the penalties for going over the second apron of the NBA’s luxury tax.

Also getting a big cheer from the crowd that braved a snowstorm that dumped as much as two feet of snow on the Boston area over the previous 36 hours was New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, whose team beat Denver on Sunday to advance to the Super Bowl. New Celtics owner Bill Chisholm was in his courtside seat in a sweatshirt honoring Patriots quarterback Drake Maye.