Even without LeBron Jame, injured for the fifth consecutive game, Austin Reaps scored 30 points and Luka Doncic signed 21 points, distributed 14 assists and took nine rebounds in the victory of Los Angeles Lakers for 125-109 over the San Antonio Spurs at Crypto.com.
The game, comfortable for the Angels, lived a moment of tension in the last quarter, when Jeremy Sochan, of the Texan team, and Jarred Vanderbilt, of the Californian, engaged in a fight and ended up expelled. Both were braking by their peers.
On the sports plane, Dorian Finney-Smith added 15 points with four triples for the Lakers, who extended their streak of victories at home to eight, with consecutive victories over Phoenix and San Antonio, after four losses in a row as visitors.
For his part, Stephon Castle scored 23 points and Devin Vassell 15 of his 17 in the first half for the Spurs, who have lost five of their last seven games. Those of San Antonio are noticing the absence of Victor Wmbanyama, low indefinite by a blood clot in the right shoulder. They also noticed the participation in Defense of De’aaron Fox, suspended for the rest of the season.
Despite the end of the game, Doncic had difficulty maintaining good shooting percentages, with 5 hits of 20 field shots. The key moment of the duel came when in the third quarter Reaves he scored nine points in 3 and a half minutes, which earned the Lakers to widen the advantage to 28 points.
San Antonio responded with a 15-0 streak, but never reduced the disadvantage below the ten points. Peoves brought five triples, seven rebounds and six assists to dominate a rescheduled game of January 11 after forest fires that devastated parts of the south of California.
Bronny James played the last 2m30s and conducted a triple that triggered an enthusiastic ovation of the Lakers fans, who had been chanting their name before. The Lakers succeeded 48.9% of their shots, including 19 triples. The Spurs will receive the Knicks on Wednesday and the Lakers to the Nuggets.
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