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Anthony Davis said he wanted to be more aggressive, and Frank Vogel said he wanted his big star man to shoot more triples, and while a lot of people don’t end up fulfilling his New Year’s resolutions, Davis at least started in 2021 by doing a lot of the two, dropping 34 points, including 4 triples, in the Lakers’ second straight win over the Spurs, a 109-103 win at San Antonio on Friday night.
Davis hit perhaps his biggest triple of the night with just under three minutes remaining, calmly draining a three from the left wing to tie the game at 103 before helping force a save on the Spurs’ next two possessions. before Kyle Kuzma gave the Lakers the upper hand. on a track from LeBron James foul. James then iced the game with one of his proprietary mid-range jumpers, and that was all he wrote. This was one of the ugliest games the Lakers have played aesthetically thus far, but a win is a win, and this will move the Lakers to 4-2 on the season.
In addition to Davis’ heroic deeds, James was also his usual star self, feeling elastic enough just two days after his 36th birthday to attempt a turn back in the game while also handling a 26-point, 11-rebound triple-double. and 10 assists on his own.
The Lakers will have Saturday off to rest before playing the Grizzlies in Memphis on Sunday and Tuesday to finish their first road trip of the season. Alex Caruso (health and safety protocols) has already been ruled out for his fourth straight lost game, while the status of Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (ankle sprain) remains to be seen. Given that uncertainty about health, this was a game the Lakers couldn’t afford to give up. Happily for them, they managed to snatch a victory from the jaws of defeat, even if it wasn’t pretty.
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