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Devin Booker scored 30 points, and LeBron James recorded his 10000th career assist as the Phoenix Suns routed the Los Angeles Lakers 140-111 on Sunday ...

The dreams I had of being in this league at the highest level and to now sit alone in a statistical category in this league. The Lakers had seven turnovers and were 1-of-10 on three-point attempts. The Suns broke it open in the first five minutes. He just looks like LeBron James." He doesn't look like he's closing in on 40. And to sit alone in a stat, I'll say cool, but it doesn't quite make sense to me." "We played poorly," Lakers coach Frank Vogel said. Ayton's double-double came after a text exchange with coach Monty Williams following the Suns' loss to Toronto on Friday night. "That's just my thing," he said. James reached a milestone with his 10,000th career assist in the second quarter on Carmelo Anthony's three-pointer. The 140 points were a season high for the Suns. "We know that.

Anthony Davis, who spoke to reporters before the Lakers met the Suns on Sunday, cannot say for sure whether he will return to game action for Los Angeles ...

So we got this year and next year to try to take advantage of that and get another ring out of it." "He has another year left with the Lakers ... and then who knows? Davis still believes that the Lakers would have advanced had he been able to stay on the court. "I just feel like they just got away with one." "But I mean, we just haven't had enough chemistry, enough time with our group to be able to know exactly who we are and who we can become. ... I want to take advantage of that time. Phenomenal player, future Hall of Famer, and to be able to play alongside him, you want to take advantage of it. "When it first happened, I heard the crunching, like everything in my foot," Davis said. "When I got a chance to get back out there, it was just like, 'Ah, I missed you,'" Davis said. "Literally, it was huge," Davis said. "I just got off of [being sidelined] four-to-six [weeks]. Now I got another four-to-six. "I'm very optimistic about it," Davis told a small group of reporters before the Lakers played the Suns on Sunday, making his first comments about the injury since it occurred Feb. 16.

If he plays, it's clearly this guy. Frank Vogel says LeBron James will play tonight against Phoenix and then see how he feels tomorrow ahead of the Toronto game ...

On the Raptors side, Pascal Siakam had a whale of a game in his last Lakers visit. There is still more cushion to fall in the West without jeopardizing a play-in spot. LeBron trails Joel Embiid by the slightest of margins for the scoring title, which would make James the oldest player in NBA history to achieve that. It got worse because the Suns also scored a season-best 79 at the half, and reached 119 by the end of the third for the first time since 2009. That was also the last time Kyle Lowry suited up as a Raptor. Chasing Cleveland to escape the play-in tournament appeared dead in the water a week ago, but all of a sudden Toronto is one game back after three straight wins. LeBron has scored over 50 points twice in his last five games, which is the only reason the Lake Show has a 3-10 instead of 1-12 in their last 13. Staples (yes it’s Crypto.com arena but I still call Rogers Centre the Skydome so sue me) has been a sanctuary for Toronto. The Raps haven’t lost to the Lakers in L.A since November 30th 2014 and that game needed overtime. Meanwhile the Lakers are freefalling with 10 losses in their last 13 games, which doesn’t seem to matter because nobody in the lower half of the Western Conference seems to want the final two play-in spots. L.A. is also on the second night of a back to back, coming off a disastrous effort in Phoenix where they allowed 48 first quarter points. It’s a franchise worst in the shot clock era. The Raptors (37-30, 7th in East) and Lakers (29-38, 9th in West) face each other for the first time this season.

PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker scored 30 points, Deandre Ayton had 23 points and 16 rebounds and the NBA-leading Phoenix Suns routed the Los Angeles Lakers ...

The Lakers had seven turnovers and were 1 of 10 on 3-point attempts. The Suns broke it open in the first five minutes. Vogel called his return sometime this season a “100% maybe.” He doesn't look like he's closing in on 40. He just looks like LeBron James.” Ayton's double-double came after a text exchange with coach Monty Williams following the Suns' loss to Toronto on Friday night. “We played poorly,” Lakers coach Frank Vogel said. And to sit alone in a stat, I'll say cool, but it doesn't quite make sense to me.” The 140 points were a season high for the Suns. James reached a milestone with his 10,000th career assist in the second quarter on Carmelo Anthony's 3-pointer. The dreams I had of being in this league at the highest level and to now sit alone in a statistical category in this league. “(It was) ‘I can dominate them.

Road woes persist as Lakers drop 10th game in a row in a 140-111 loss to the Phoenix Suns.

The Raptors are coming in hot with a three-game winning streak that includes road wins over the Suns and Denver Nuggets. The Phoenix Suns peppered the Lake Show shot-after-shot (finished 56.9 percent from the field) and came away with the 140-111 win, Sunday night. The King added to his legacy on his second assist of the evening. From an individual standpoint, it was LeBron James leading the way once again. On top of three pointer, Melo added four more and finished with 18 points on 6-of-11 from the field and registered a rebound and an assist in 18 minutes. The Suns would go on to score 48 points in the first quarter (tied the second-most points in a first quarter in franchise history) and capped off the opening half with a season-high 79 points.

Toronto Raptors (37-30) at Los Angeles Lakers (29-37) Monday, 10:30 p.m., Crypto.com Arena, TV: SNET; RADIO: FAN590 SCOUTING REPORT ...

Over two full seasons in Toronto, Stanley Johnson started in just 13 games, most of those after the team started chasing a lottery pick late last season. Figuring out the Los Angeles Lakers these days is a job worthy of a psychiatrist. Co-cornerstone Anthony Davis is out of the lineup more than he’s in and predicting which Russell Westbrook will show up on any particular night is anyone’s guess.