Anthony Davis dominated with 31 points, 17 rebounds and three blocked shots to lead the host Los Angeles Lakers to a solid 111-101 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 3 of their tense first-round series on Saturday night.
LeBron James added 25 points and nine rebounds as the Lakers took a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference matchup. D'Angelo Russell had 17 points and Rui Hachimura scored 16 for Los Angeles, which led by as many as 29 points in the wire-to-wire victory.
Morant energized Memphis in the fourth quarter by scoring 22 straight Grizzlies points to pull his club within 106-96 with 2:54 left. Desmond Bane ended the Morant run with a 3-pointer that cut the Los Angeles lead to 108-99 with 1:24 remaining. Russell answered with a basket 17 seconds later as the Lakers closed it out.Tobias Harris scored 14 of his 25 points in the second half as Philadelphia completed an Eastern Conference first-round sweep of Brooklyn with a victory in New York.
Harris made 11 of 19 shots and also grabbed 12 rebounds as the 76ers dominated the boards 54-38. James Harden collected 17 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds. Spencer Dinwiddie scored 20 points for the Nets, who were swept in the first round for the third time in four seasons and saw their postseason losing streak reach 10 games.
Chris Paul put the victory away for the Suns, first hitting a 3-pointer with 3:39 remaining for a 107-96 lead, then making a fall-away 16-footer from along the baseline when he thought the shot clock was running out, even though it had just been reset after a Torrey Craig shot clipped the rim. The basket gave Phoenix a 109-96 advantage with 2:58 remaining.
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