D'Angelo Russell returned from a six-game absence and scored 16 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Lakers to a 122-112 win over the Raptors.
Russell, who missed L.A.'s previous six games with a sprained right ankle, scored 16 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter -- on 5-for-5 shooting -- to seal the victory, helping keep the Lakers' momentum strong. The Lakers are now 6-2 since the All-Star break and No. 9 in the Western Conference standings with 15 games remaining.
Several of them came during transition opportunities for the Lakers when his team had numbers and would have had the advantage getting straight to the basket, but he launched from deep instead.
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