LeBron James and Anthony Davis teamed up to score 63 points – with 30 of those coming in the final quarter – as the Los Angeles Lakers edged out the Sacramento Kings 131-127, securing their third straight win of the season.
At the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the Lakers had a solid lead, going up by as many as 15 points before ending the first half ahead 64-60. The Kings, however, rallied back, taking a 94-87 lead into the fourth quarter. But the Lakers answered with a massive 21-0 run, during which James scored 16 points.
Davis ended the game with 31 points, becoming the first Lakers player since Kobe Bryant in 2005-06 to start a season with three consecutive 30-point games. James contributed 32 points, along with 14 rebounds and 10 assists. Sacramento’s Domantas Sabonis led his team with 29 points, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists, while De’Aaron Fox added 28 points and 10 assists.
Meanwhile, Kevin Durant reached a major milestone, becoming just the eighth player in NBA history to surpass 29,000 career points, leading the Phoenix Suns to a 114-102 home victory over the Dallas Mavericks with 31 points. Durant, a 14-time All-Star now in his 17th season, reached a career total of 29,010 points. He joins LeBron James, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer with 40,543 points, as the only active player to have surpassed the 29,000-point mark.
Elsewhere, defending champions the Boston Celtics pulled off a late comeback to defeat the Detroit Pistons 124-118. Jayson Tatum scored 37 points and Jaylen Brown added 24 as the Celtics erased a 112-106 deficit with just over five minutes remaining.
SOURCE: BBC
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