LOS ANGELES — Luka Doncic scored 36 factors with 9 rebounds and eight assists, LeBron James added 26 factors with 10 assists and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied for a 120-114 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday evening.
Jake LaRavia additionally scored 26 factors towards his former staff and Deandre Ayton had 15 factors because the Lakers earned their second dwelling victory over the Grizzlies in three days. The consecutive victories got here after Los Angeles misplaced 4 of its earlier 5 contests.
Jaylen Wells scored 23 factors for Memphis and rookie Cedric Coward scored 16 factors with 9 rebounds, all within the first half, however didn’t play after halftime due to an ankle harm.
Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 14 factors and Jock Landale had 13 factors with 10 rebounds for the Grizzlies, who misplaced their fourth consecutive sport.
Memphis guard Ja Morant (calf) was out for the fifteenth time over the previous 21 video games.
The Lakers trailed by 11 factors with just below three minutes remaining within the third quarter earlier than closing the interval on an 8-2 run to path 87-83.
Los Angeles tied it 92-92 on a driving layup by LaRavia with 7:14 remaining, then took its first lead for the reason that first quarter at 94-92 on one other layup by LaRavia.
The groups traded the lead backwards and forwards earlier than the Lakers took the lead for good at 100-99 on a pull-up jumper from Doncic with 5:12 remaining. Consecutive 3-pointers from Doncic put Los Angeles up 112-103 with 2:08 left.
The victory got here with out Rui Hachimura (calf) for the third consecutive sport, whereas Austin Reaves (calf) missed his fourth consecutive contest.
Grizzlies: Dwelling towards the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday
Lakers: On the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday
