Lakers fall to 76ers after a furious rally forces overtime
An 18-point deficit early in the fourth quarter didn’t detour the Lakers. A nine-point deficit with 34.1 seconds left didn’t stop the Lakers.But after the game went into overtime tied 120-120, the Lakers didn’t seem to have much left in the tank, missing their first nine shots, falling into a hole they were unable to climb out of this time and sending them to a third consecutive loss and a 2-3 record on a trip that will finish at Detroit on Sunday.
“I told the team that as disappointed as I am that we didn’t get the win, I still can have a good meal and sleep like a baby tonight because of the way we competed,”said. “We did not quit. We did not give up. There was a point in the game where we could have just folded our tent. But we kept scratching away, kept digging deep, kept making plays, one stop after another one and put ourselves in a position to win the game.
It was an uneven start for Davis, who had missed the last game in Toronto on Wednesday night recovering from flu-like symptoms and played just eight minutes in the game at Cleveland because of that illness. He had three fouls in the first quarter against the 76ers and picked up his fourth just 2 minutes 47 seconds into the third.
But Davis stepped up in the fourth quarter, scoring 21 points, the sixth 20-plus-point quarter of his career and his first since he had 20 points in the third quarter against Memphis on Oct. 29, 2019.“It’s always tough to get a rhythm and everything when you’re in foul trouble,” Davis said. “I was in foul trouble all night. But it’s just continuing to fight. And my teammates did a good job of putting me in situations to score the basketball.
“We came here and played Lakers basketball for sure,” James said. “We competed. We shared the ball. We defended at a high level. … We understand that we can have a really good trip if we close out the right way in Detroit on Sunday. So, we look forward to that matchup.”
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