Los Angeles Lakers They faced the duel before the Washington Wizards still hungover from what he experienced against the Los Angeles Clippers. The impressive performance of LeBron James was still present and a back-to-back is always complicated, so they had to go to extra time to overcome the Washington Wizards by 134-131. As in the derby, LeBron shone (31 points) but today it was Anthony Davis the great Los Angeles reference, adding 40 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks and scoring the Lakers’ last basket in overtime.
James is now nine points away from becoming the first player in NBA history to score 40,000 and it was his fault that he didn’t do it today, as his performance on both offense and defense prevented the game from going into a second. extension.
Despite Jordan Poole scored a season-high 34 points and Marvin Bagley III added 23, the Wizards ended up succumbing and accumulating their thirteenth consecutive defeat, confirming themselves as the worst team in the NBA.
The Wizards led for most of the first three quarters and even came back from an eight-point deficit in the fourth quarter. The Washington team led 124-126 with 43 seconds left in regulation after Poole hit his fifth 3-pointer of the night, but Austin Reaves he tied the score for Los Angeles with a jumper.
In extra time, the locals managed to dry out the Washington team. It was not the best spectacle in the form of a basketball game (a brief 8-5 partial for the Lakers), but those in gold and purple demonstrated, as against the Clippers, that they know how to win games, which is most necessary at this point in the season. in which what is important begins.
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