Lonnie Walker has a one-half field day at his old team’s expense as Los Angeles sends...
“It’s not a revenge game or anything like that,” Walker said.With LeBron James back on the floor, Anthony Davis dominant and Walker going ballistic for a half in his homecoming, the L.A. Lakers outlasted the Spurs 105-94 at the AT&T Center.Walker, a former Spur playing his first game at the AT&T Center since joining the Lakers, scored 15 of his 18 points in the first half.James was rusty in his first game back after missing five with an injury.
That played out again Friday, as the Spurs fell into a 14-point hole in the opening frame. The Lakers pushed that lead to 18 points by halftime, and the Spurs seemed cooked. Johnson was 1-of-7 at the moment he challenged Davis at the rim at the 5:58 mark of the third, finishing a soft lefthanded layup and drawing a foul.
If nothing else, Johnson’s third-quarter surge proved this much: The Spurs are a much better team when he is finding the basket.Walker was treated to a welcome back video, befitting a player the Spurs drafted in the first round in 2019 and who spent his first four NBA seasons in San Antonio.Once the game tipped off, Walker proceeded to leave the Spurs in his dust.
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