Luka Doncic did almost everything a superstar can do for one night, and it still wasn't close to enough. The Lakers forward poured in 37 points on Friday, but the Golden State Warriors buried him and the rest of Los Angeles under a barrage of threes, pulling away for a 112-95 win in Emirates NBA Cup group play.

Stephen Curry set the tone from the opening minutes, finishing the night with eight three-pointers — the most of any player across the entire NBA slate that evening, according to a daily league-wide scoring summary. The Warriors used that shooting cushion to control the game's pace throughout, never allowing Los Angeles to put together the kind of sustained run that might have turned a blowout into a nail-biter.

A measuring-stick night for both rosters

For the Lakers, Doncic's output was a reminder of exactly why the franchise built around him: he was the only Los Angeles player to find consistent offense against a Golden State defense that keyed in on cutting off everyone else. But a 17-point final margin tells its own story about how one dominant individual performance can still leave a team well short when the supporting cast doesn't show up.

EIGHT THREES, ONE STATEMENT

The result is an early marker in Emirates NBA Cup group play, the in-season tournament that rewards teams for wins in a separate standings track before knockout rounds later in the season. Group play results carry extra weight for teams angling for a favorable knockout bracket, making a statement win like Golden State's especially valuable this early in the schedule.

Both teams now turn to the rest of a crowded group-play slate, with the Warriors looking to build on the momentum of a dominant shooting night and the Lakers needing more consistent scoring beyond Doncic if they want to avoid an early tournament exit. Neither team has released a vision for rotation changes ahead of their next group games, but the lopsided final score is likely to generate scrutiny of the Lakers' depth heading into the next stretch of the schedule.