LAST 10 GAMES: Lakers: 4-6, averaging 117.3 points, 43.9 rebounds, 29.0 assists, 7.3 steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 48.2% from the field. Miles Bridges is averaging 17.3 points and 6.7 rebounds while shooting 42.1% over the past 10 games for Charlotte. Terry Rozier is averaging 22.9 points and 7.1 assists for the Hornets. LeBron James is averaging 22.3 points over the last 10 games for Los Angeles. TOP PERFORMERS: Davis is averaging 25.2 points, 12.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.5 blocks for the Lakers. The Hornets are shooting 46.6% from the field, 0.3% higher than the 46.3% the Lakers' opponents have shot this season. The Lakers score 114.1 points per game, 6.5 fewer points than the 120.6 the Hornets allow. Charlotte gives up 120.6 points to opponents and has been outscored by 10.4 points per game. Los Angeles ranks third in the league with 35.2 defensive rebounds per game led by Davis averaging 9.0. Los Angeles Lakers (16-15, ninth in the Western Conference)īOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles faces the Charlotte Hornets after Anthony Davis scored 40 points in the Los Angeles Lakers' 126-115 loss to the Boston Celtics. 2 pick in the draft intercepted a Reaves pass and went the length of the court for a dunk and then added back-to-back 3s to cut the Lakers lead to four with about two minutes remaining.Charlotte Hornets (7-21, 13th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Los Angeles extended its lead to 21 points late in the third quarter as Christian Wood knocked down a 3 and then dunked off a pass from Austin Reaves.īut the Hornets would make it a game behind Miller, who had 16 points in the fourth quarter. He’s been doing all the homework he needs to do, and so that’s why you see the top results.” 'Just the film study, the breakdowns we go through, him being vocal, him being communicative in terms of what he’s seeing, and where he needs guys to be positioned so he can make the right reads. “He’s seen just about everything,' Lakers coach Darvin Ham said of the double teams Davis has faced and beaten. James had another baseline drive for a high-flying two-handed jam and also fed Davis for an alley-oop dunk.ĭavis was simply too much to contain for a Hornets team severely lacking height with center Mark Williams still out with a back injury. Washington and dunking over 7-foot center Nick Richards for a three-point play. James had several highlight reel moment in the opening half, driving past P.J. The Lakers shot 64% from the floor in the first half and built a 74-58 lead heading into the locker room behind 22 points from Russell and 17 from James. If it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t take those shots.” It’s really all my teammates not just me. 'Hats off to my teammates for coming in every day and building my confidence to take the shots that I take in tough matchups like this with the crowd going. “I think that shows a lot of confidence,' Miller said. Miller, who had a career-high 35 points in a loss Sunday night to the Indiana Pacers, became the first Hornets rookie to score at least 30 points in back-to-back games. Miles Bridges erupted for a career-high 41 points and rookie Brandon Miller scored 33 points with five 3-pointers for the Hornets, who suffered their eighth straight loss since trading Terry Rozier to Miami.

It isn't like, 'I can't stand you.' I don't get caught up in that.” I love what we have in the locker room and that is all I worry about. When asked if the Lakers have the right personnel in the locker room to win the NBA title, James replied, “that's not a question for me. Whether the Lakers will be the same team when they return to the floor Thursday night after the NBA trade deadline remains uncertain as rumors continue to swirl around the In-Season Tournament champions. When we buckle down defensively and play the right way we are a tough team to beat.” “We lost two we felt like we should have won, and we won two that the people in Nevada thought we should lose. “When we put our minds to it, we can beat any team in this league,” Davis said.

Anthony Davis and the Lakers might be starting to find their rhythm - just as the uncertainty of the NBA trade deadline approaches.ĭavis had 26 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists for his third career triple-double and Los Angeles held on to defeat the short-handed Charlotte Hornets 124-118 on Monday night for their third straight win.ĭ’Angelo Russell scored 28 points and LeBron James added 26 points for the Lakers (27-25), who finished 4-2 on their road trip to build some much needed momentum.

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