On-Fire LA Lakers Dim Nuggets In Overtime, Indiana Pacers Upset Bucks
13th February 2020
LeBron James showed his two way prowess, finishing with a triple double of 32 points, 14 assists and 12 rebounds and making several clutch stops on defense down the stretch
- Anthony Davis scored a team-high 33 points as the Los Angeles Lakers beat Denver 120-116 in overtime in the final game before the all-star break for two of the top teams in the West
- Nikola Jokic finished with 22 points and 11 rebounds for the Nuggets, who missed their final five shots in overtime.
- Elsewhere, TJ Warren scored 35 points as the Indiana Pacers ended a six-game losing skid with a 118-111 win over the shorthanded Milwaukee Bucks
LOS ANGELES, United
States- Anthony Davis scored a team-high 33 points as the Los Angeles
Lakers beat Denver 120-116 in overtime in the final game before the all-star
break for two of the top teams in the West.
"Our defense got us back in the game and we came down
and finished at the end of the game," said Lakers all-star Davis. "We
wanted to make sure we came in and got a win on the road heading into the
all-star game."
LeBron James showed his two way prowess, finishing with a
triple double of 32 points, 14 assists and 12 rebounds and making several
clutch stops on defense down the stretch.
James recorded his 12th triple double of the season to tie
Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks for the league lead.
Davis scored seven points in the extra session, including a
three pointer that made it 119-116 for the Lakers with 2:41 remaining.
Davis said he enjoyed the first half of the season but added
wins are going to be harder to come by in the second.
"It been a fun first half of the year," he said.
"We had our struggles, but we continued to fight.
"We are going to try to have a better second half. We
got to pick it up defensively in the second half."
Nikola Jokic finished with 22 points and 11 rebounds for the
Nuggets, who missed their final five shots in overtime.
Dwight Howard had 14 points and 11 rebounds, and Alex Caruso
and Avery Bradley scored 10 points each for the Lakers.
Jamal Murray had a team high 32 points and 10 assists and
Jerami Grant had 15 points for Denver, who had their four-game win streak
stopped.
Gary Harris scored 13 points and Monte Morris added 12 for
Denver, who lost both home games to Los Angeles this season.
Elsewhere, TJ Warren scored 35 points as the Indiana Pacers
ended a six-game losing skid with a 118-111 win over the shorthanded Milwaukee
Bucks.
Milwaukee clawed their way back from a 25-point
second-quarter deficit to pull within five points early in the fourth but the
Pacers were able to take advantage in the absence of star Giannis Antetokounmpo
and pull out the victory.
Warren shot a blistering 16 of 19 from the field for the
Pacers, who made 62 percent of their baskets in the first half in front of
17,000 fans at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Malcolm Brogdon collected 17 points and 13 assists against
his former team and Domantas Sabonis had 15 points and eight rebounds for the
Pacers, who handed the Bucks their second loss in the last 16 contests.
Donte DiVincenzo scored a team-high 19 points and Khris
Middleton added 17 for the Bucks, who also suffered their first loss in six games,
without reigning league MVP Antetokounmpo in the lineup.
Antetokounmpo sat out his second straight game following the
birth of his first child, Liam Charles.
Milwaukee missed just one of 25 free throws on the night but
they still had their five-game winning streak stopped.
Indiana were blown out in their first two meetings of the
season against Milwaukee, losing 102-83 in November and 117-89 on the road a
month later.
- Doncic scores 33 in return -
Also, Doncic marked a return from an ankle injury with a 33
point and 12 rebound performance to lead Dallas to a 130-111 win over the
Sacramento Kings.
The Mavericks lost four of seven games with Doncic out of
the lineup. He was 10-of-18 in shooting from the field and made 10 of 12 from
the free-throw line in 31 minutes of playing time.
Kristaps Porzingis poured in 27 points on 11-of-16 shooting
and also contributed 13 rebounds.
Tim Hardaway made five three-pointers on his way to scoring
19 points, and Seth Curry added 18 for Dallas.
In New York, Caris LeVert scored 20 points as the Brooklyn
Nets registered a 101-91 victory over the Toronto Raptors, who saw their
team-record 15-game winning streak come to a sudden halt.