LeBron James leads a late run with several key plays that help the Lakers hold off the pesky Washington Wizards.
The challenge, the Lakers said, was as much mental as anything else. Six games in nine days including contests against some of the worst teams in the league, a stretch that closed Wednesday against the Wizards. “Those are teams, respectfully, that we should beat,” D’Angelo Russell said the night prior. And even though the Wizards had just upset the Milwaukee Bucks, the Wizards were another win the Lakers were supposed to get. That didn’t mean it was going to be easy.
Anthony Davis scored 35 and grabbed 18 rebounds, staying in the game after a nasty elbow knocked him to the court in the first quarter. James finished with 25 and Rui Hachimura had 19 points and seven rebounds to continue his run of good play over the past two months. The Lakers led by 14 inside of two minutes when coach Darvin Ham tried to steal some rest for James and his starters. The Wizards, though, scored eight quick points and forced the regulars back into the game with 17.
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