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In the process he led the Lakers to a much needed win, 122-109. He also became the first player in NBA history to have multiple 50-point games after turning 35 ...

All of a sudden he has a real chance to win his first scoring title since 2008. He scored 16 points in the first six minutes of the second half, including 12 straight for the Lakers at one point to give them a 74-71 lead. He also became the first player in NBA history to have multiple 50-point games after turning 35 years old, and joined Michael Jordan as the only players with multiple 50-point games in three different decades.

Despite having the worst record in the NBA, the Houston Rockets took it to the Lakers all game long Wednesday night. Neither team had a double-digit lead until ...

During the 2019-20 season, he knocked down a career-high 38.5 percent of his three-pointers and was third on the team in three-pointers made (92). In seasons past, Westbrook has played his former employers a total of five times. Russell Westbrook spent 11 seasons with the Oklahoma City Thunder from his draft year in 2008 up until 2019. It’s going to be a lot of fun.” Neither team had a double-digit lead until overtime, where the Rockets dominated the extra five minutes. When we make a mistake or break down defensively or we don’t get a good look at the basket, teams are literally making us pay every time. “We just don’t have a lot of room for error. Kuzma leads the Wizards in total rebounds per game (8.7) and is third on the team in scoring (17.2 PPG), three-point field goals per game (1.9), and blocks per game (0.9). KCP leads the Wizards in free throw percentage (90.7) and leads the team in steals per game (1.1). In the three games against the Thunder during the 2019-20 season, Westbrook averaged 29.0 points, 8.3 rebounds, 8.7 assists, and shot 59.1 percent from the field. “It’s going to mean a lot,” Caldwell-Pope told NBA.com. “We know it’s going to be a lot of emotions because of the championship run we had with the team and our friends that are still there. In his rookie season, Kuz was named the 2017 NBA Summer League Championship Game MVP, earned All-Summer League Second Team honors, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team at the end of his first campaign. It wasn’t that the team didn’t play well – LeBron James recorded his fifth triple-double of the season (23 points, 14 rebounds, 12 assists), Russell Westbrook led the Lakers with 30 points (11-of-21 from the field), and six players finished with double-digit scoring.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James scored 50 points for the 15th time in his career and helped rally the Los Angeles Lakers in the second half to a 122-109 ...

... Tomas Satoransky had 10 of his 14 points in the fourth quarter. ... Rui Hachimura had 13 of his 15 points in the first half. I love to hear it, I’m glad to hear it, for the fans to be so receptive of me.” He then had 14 points in the fourth quarter as the Lakers steadily pulled away. “For us to be able to come in in the third quarter, that’s been one of our down quarters this year, held them to 23 points in that third and run off 37. Both players were traded to Washington during the offseason to acquire Russell Westbrook. The Wizards (29-36) have dropped two straight and five of their last seven. "They came out as the aggressor attacking the paint. He's also the first Lakers player since Kobe Bryant in April 2007 to score 50 in back-to-back home games. James' flurry included a thunderous dunk midway through the quarter to put Los Angeles up 73-70. “I think what stands out to me is the league has never seen a player at his stage of his career do what he’s doing. “I was able to hit a hot streak at one point.

The Lakers Hall of Famer did not hold back when talking about this team and their lack of success this year.

“At the beginning of the season, there was a lot of expectations about this team to win. The Lakers are struggling just to hold onto the 9th seed in the Western Conference and facing a real possibility of missing out on the play-in tournament. One of them was played without LeBron James, and the other was dropped in overtime.

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We’ll see what happens in the offseason, but if it’s anything like the season the Lakers have just had, it won’t be pretty. Also like those Lakers, these ones were expected to contend with a three-headed monster of a superteam in the east with their own “big three,” only for everything to go haywire almost immediately. Like that season, the Lakers entered this year with a revamped roster around their aging superstar thanks to a blockbuster trade for one of the most accomplished point guards in the NBA.

LeBron James scored 50 points for the 15th time in his career and helped rally the Los Angeles Lakers in the second half to a 122-109 victory over the ...

... Tomas Satoransky had 10 of his 14 points in the fourth quarter. ... Rui Hachimura had 13 of his 15 points in the first half. He then had 14 points in the fourth quarter as the Lakers steadily pulled away. Both players were traded to Washington during the offseason to acquire Russell Westbrook. Bernard King was the previous oldest to do it at 34 in 1990-91 with Washington. James' flurry included a thunderous dunk midway through the quarter to put Los Angeles up 73-70.