Lacker Comeback in the game after 7 lost
Lacker Comeback in the game after 7 lost
LeBron James scored 26 factors and Anthony Davis added 23 to assist the Los Angeles Lakers to their first win of the season with a 121-110 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday evening.
Russell Westbrook had 18 factors for the Lakers (1-5), who had misplaced their first 5 games of the season below first-year head coach Darvin Ham. Los Angeles was the final winless workforce within the NBA.
Ham celebrated within the locker room along with his workforce and acquired a celebratory dousing of water.
“We would have liked to show one thing to ourselves,” Ham stated. “To not the world, not the media. We needed to show it to ourselves. I really feel nice about how we responded all through the sport.”
Westbrook, who got here off the bench once more and has been accepting of that position, drove the lane and scored on a layup to increase the Lakers result to 117-106 within the last minutes because the Lakers closed out the win.
Within the third quarter, he raised his arms to get followers on their toes and he obliged.
“Like I’ve talked about since Day One, no matter what is required from me to assist the workforce win, that’s what I’ll do,” Westbrook stated.
Nikola Jockic scored 23 factors and Jamal Murray added a season-high 21 for the Nuggets (4-3), who had 4 of their final 5 and two straight games earlier than Sunday’s loss.
Austin Reaves made a 3-pointer from the highest of the arc and Lonnie Walker IV drove the baseline for a dunk to provide the Lakers a 113-100 benefit. That 13-point lead was their largest of the season.
The Lakers made 13 3-pointers on 13-for-30 capturing after combating long-range photographs this season of their earlier 5 games. The Nuggets made 15 3-pointers.
Davis was aggressive early after lacking one recreation with decreased again tightness and was questionable Sunday however performed. He tweaked him again within the recreation towards Denver on Wednesday when the Nuggets beat the Lakers 110-99 in Denver.
Davis, who known as Sunday’s recreation a must-win, stated he’ll need to handle the ache.
“It’s daily,” Davis stated. “In the future, I really feel nice. The following day (it’s arduous). Simply attempt to handle it and maintain getting remedy.”
The Lakers led 55-51 at halftime. They trailed by as many as 10 factors within the first quarter however overcame that deficit by halftime.
“They have been taking part in with desperation and I felt like we had them and let it slip away,” Nuggets ahead Aaron Gordon stated.
