Luka Doncic powers the Lakers past the Hawks, stretching the win streak to 6

ATLANTA (AP) — Luka Doncic had 32 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists and the Los Angeles Lakers extended their winning streak to six games with a 124-114 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night.

Walker Kessler had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and Collin Sexton had 18 points and six assists off the bench.

The Lakers were without guard Austin Reeves, who missed the game due to illness one day after scoring 43 points at Detroit.

Sandro Mamukelashvili scored 23 points and was 5 of 8 from 3-point range. The Lakers as a team shot 43% from beyond the arc (15 of 35).

CJ McCollum led the Hawks with 21 points off the bench. Nickeil Alexander-Walker had 20 points and Oneka Okongwu had 16 for Atlanta, which saw its winning streak end at four games.

Dyson Daniels was the primary defender on Doncic, and he also had 10 points, eight assists, four steals and a rare 3-pointer.

The Hawks pulled cut the Lakers lead 115-111 on a Daniels bucket with 3:30 to play, but a 6-0 burst by the Los Angeles put the game out of reach. Doncic had a driving layup and an assist during the run.

The Lakers built a 20-point lead in the second quarter as they sliced through the Hawks defense repeatedly. Doncic set up teammates with eight first-half assists and Kessler had three easy alley-oop dunks off Sexton drives to the basket. The Hawks recovered late in the half with some improved shooting and cut the deficit to nine at the break.

Lakers rookie Cameron Carr had a two-handed dunk in transition in the first quarter for his first career points.

Lakers: At Milwaukee on Wednesday night.

Hawks: At Chicago on Friday night.

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Atlanta Hawks center Jock Landale (31) and Los Angeles Lakers forward Adou Thiero (1) vie for a rebound during the first half of an NBA Cup basketball game, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Atlanta Hawks guard Luguentz Dort (0) dives for a ball against Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) during the first half of an NBA Cup basketball game, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Atlanta Hawks guard Kingston Flemings (4) drives against Los Angeles Lakers forward Ziaire Williams (11) during the first half of an NBA Cup basketball game, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Los Angeles Lakers center Walker Kessler (14) works for a rebound against Atlanta Hawks forward Onyeka Okongwu (17) during the first half of an NBA Cup basketball game, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

WASHINGTON (AP) — California voters have rejected a first-in-the-nation tax on the net worth of billionaires following a contentious ballot fight that generated huge spending by some prominent tech leaders eager to stop their taxes from going up.

The measure’s failure is a win for Democratic leaders who opposed it, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, who’s deciding whether to run for president in 2028. Critics of the tax, known as Proposition 40, said it would have prompted ultrawealthy taxpayers to leave the state.

The “no” side raised roughly 10 times as much as the “yes” side. Google co-founder Sergey Brin alone dumped more than $100 million into a political action committee working to defeat the measure.

The measure would have imposed a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of Californians whose net worth exceeds $1 billion. Most of the money would have been used to backfill federal funding cuts to healthcare, and 10% would have gone toward education and food-assistance programs. SEIU United Healthcare Workers West, which backed the tax, said it was necessary to replace an estimated $100 billion the state will lose in federal healthcare funding over five years.

Proposition 40 was the nation’s biggest test yet on an idea progressives have long championed: raising taxes on the ultra-rich by targeting the main way they make their money — through their investments as opposed to the paychecks they receive from work.

The measure attracted support from liberal leaders beyond the state, including Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who rallied in cities across California in the race’s closing weeks to urge voters to pass it.

Billionaires donated millions of dollars to a political action committee, Building a Better California, working to defeat the measure. The committee, which backed other measures on the ballot designed to nullify the tax, raised more than $333 million, nearly a third of which came from Brin.

Brin, along with his fellow Google co-founder Larry Page, was among the billionaires who started cutting ties with the state in anticipation of the possible tax. Another tech mogul, Mark Zuckerberg, said he would remain in the state for eight years and made a deal with Meta to help him pay the tax without losing his ownership stake in the company.

Some traditional Democratic allies, including Planned Parenthood and the California Medical Association, were part of a coalition opposing it. They were concerned about how the tax revenue would be divvied up and about the potential impact on the state’s budget if there was a mass exodus of wealthy taxpayers. California’s budget relies heavily on the income tax of the state’s richest residents.

“Proposition 40 was a reckless experiment conducted on our state’s economy with little regard for the harms it would cause,” the coalition said in a statement.

Robert Swonger, an auto glass technician living near Sacramento who’s politically independent, said before voting concluded Nov. 3 that he planned to vote against it.

“Obviously, I would like billionaires not to have as much money as they do,” he said. “But I don’t believe taxing them out of existence is going to work.”

Progressive politicians, including Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, have long supported a federal wealth tax. Newsom says a California wealth tax would disadvantage the state, but he supports a national minimum tax on anyone with a net worth above $100 million.

Days before Sanders held rallies in California cities last month, Newsom told reporters that the senator’s focus on wealth inequality was “spot-on.” But he said that “on this issue, we fundamentally disagree.”

Supporters of the California tax started running ads recently in New Hampshire, New Mexico and Virginia, states that will vote early in the Democratic presidential primary in 2028, that criticize Newsom for his opposition to the measure.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a campaign event ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jill Connelly)