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LeBron and Luka after the Lakers win Game 2. pic.x.com/8CgPgE8Nr0 – 12:45 AM
LeBron in Game 2:
21 PTS
11 REB
7 AST
Only Shaq and Magic have more 20 PT double-doubles by a Laker in the playoffs. pic.x.com/FQKfYengyM – 12:37 AM
That felt like a rock fight disguised as a basketball game. The Lakers even up the series 1-1, beating Minnesota 94-85. Luka 31p 12r 9a; LeBron 21p 11r 7a; Reaves 16p 5r 5a; Rui 11p 5r 2s. Game 3 is Friday in Minnesota. – 12:37 AM
A tremendous 2-way play from LeBron, who stripped Edwards in transition, and then finished through two Wolves at the rim to put LA up 92-81. – 12:32 AM
Minnesota countered layups from LeBron and Reaves with 2 Randle FT’s and a Reid layup, keeping the deficit at 9 with 3:09 to play.
They haven’t been closer than 9 since early in the 1st Q, with LA’s largest lead of 22 coming midway through the 2nd Q. – 12:30 AM
Reaves found LeBron for a run-stopping layup, and Randle hit a shot on the other end, but hit LeBron with his off hand to negate the bucket.
As such, LA lead 88-77 with 5:11 to play. – 12:24 AM
According to NBA in game Defense data Luka Doncic has 1 field goal tonight when guarded by Rudy Gobert and LeBron James is 0 for 3 – 12:22 AM
LA take an 81-65 lead into the 4th, led by 28-10-9 from Doncic, and 15-7-5 from LeBron, plus some strong defense from the entire team. Wolves are shooting 37.7% overall and 17.6% from 3. They do have 21 FT attempts against a much more physical LA defense relative to Game 1. – 12:05 AM
Redick was animated into a time out after LA gave up 2 straight buckets to Edwards that cut the lead to 11, and LA responded with a 7-0 run, getting a pair of stops to go with a Doncic 2, Finney-Smith 3 and LeBron put-back layup.
It’s 69-51 with 6:00 to go in the 3rd. – 11:44 PM
The Lakers lead 58-43 at the half. Luka 22p 5r 5a; LeBron 13p 4r 4a. – 11:12 PM
LA’s lead is 51-29 after 2 Doncic FT’s get him up to 22 points with 5:42 to play in the 2nd Q.
LeBron has 13, meanwhile, on 5 of 7 FG’s, mostly jumpers. – 10:58 PM
The rim-protection-by-committee thing has gone great for the Lakers so far. LeBron, DFS and Vando have all made plays at the basket. – 10:49 PM
Both Reid and DiVincenzo have 3 PF’s off the Minnesota bench.
Lakers lead 40-21 with 9:13 left in the 2nd Q.
LeBron’s up to 8 points with 4 boards and 2 assists. – 10:47 PM
LeBron James and Luka Doncic with a combined four assists in the first quarter of Game 2 — equal to what they had in all of Game 1. Plus, Austin Reaves, Doncic and LeBron have as many assists (seven) in the first quarter than they did in all of Game 1. – 10:40 PM
More strong defense from the Lakers, and ball movement on the other end has the home team up 25-10.
Doncic is 4 for 5 for 14 points after hitting a 3 a possession after LeBron buried a jumper.
Lakers are 8 for 14, and Wolves 3 for 12. – 10:27 PM
Excellent first shift defensively for LeBron, who was everywhere. Wolves are struggling to get good looks early, shooting 3 of 10 thus far. – 10:21 PM
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