LeBron James has 26 points, nine assists and eight rebounds, and his new teammate looks on approvingly throughout a 122-97 victory as the Lakers win for the seventh time in eight games and move 10 …
Lakers star LeBron James drives as Clippers star Kawhi Leonard defends during the second half on Tuesday night at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood. INGLEWOOD — Three days after losing one of their best players in a trade, the Lakers played as though nothing had changed.
The Lakers played their first game since Saturday night’s trade as if they had something to prove not only to themselves but the rest of the league. While Davis’ presence will be missed, the Lakers proved they can still dominate teams, and they fought and worked on defense in a way they will likely need to without him.
“We wanted to end this road trip off the right way and going 5-1 on a six-game road trip is very challenging and then to end it having to come from New York, a six-hour flight a couple days ago to come here and win this game, it was big-time for us.” “I thought defensively it was about as connected as we’ve been all season and our execution level was very high,” Lakers coach JJ Redick said. “And then offensively again just continue to build out some of the intentional tactical stuff and we’ve been really sharp with that over the past 10-14 days.”
The Lakers dominated the Clippers from start to finish, leading by as many as 31 points, controlling the paint and limiting James Harden to seven points and Ivica Zubac to eight points and 10 rebounds. Norman Powell led the Clippers with 20 points and Derrick Jones Jr. added 17. “It was really just a complete game for us on both sides,” Redick said. “Challenged the guys to have the same spirit in the second half knowing they’d make a run. Made their run, and we responded. And just fantastic basketball on both ends of the floor for us tonight.”The Lakers led by as many as 24 in the first half, turned the ball over just four times in the first 24 minutes and shot 60.9% from the field and 57.9% from 3-point range.
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