KCP, Kuzma, Caruso, THT, and Matthews are a combined 0 for 11 from the field.Ĭrowder with the putback. Role players that usually come through for LAL are struggling tonight. Payne for the tie! It’s 86 apiece as the Lakers are melting down before our eyes. Now he’s going crazy in a playoff game against LeBron James and Anthony Davis with the Suns having a compromised Chris Paul. Payne pushes the lead back down to one.Ĭameron Payne played eight NBA games last season - all in the bubble for Phoenix. That’s a 24-second violation because Gasol made that last pass. The Lakers overpassed there, and it cost them. Devin Booker has not been able to score in the 4th quarter. He has a chance to get his first points on the quarter, but with 1:08 left, is there enough time for the Suns to mount a real challenge? LeBron calls game! That 3 puts them up to nine with under a minute to go. (📺: & TNT) /GORsNlIKNs- Los Angeles Lakers May 26, 2021 They’ve each hit a 3 here in the final 2:15, and LAL’s lead is 103-96 with 41.1 to play. James stayed in the game despite being in obvious pain, and was able to finish out the night.12 straight points down the stretch for LeBron+AD. Anthony finished with just 7 points on 2-7 shooting.Ĭrowder nearly helped get another star Lakers forward to head to the locker room soon after Anthony was tossed, when LeBron James landed awkwardly on Crowder’s foot on a layup attempt and twisted his ankle hard. Anthony was given his first technical for yelling something at Jae Crowder, and got his second when he got upset at an official after Crowder collided with him on a three-point attempt but was not called for a foul. The Lakers’ depth got even thinner when Carmelo Anthony was ejected midway through the third quarter with his second technical. The two combined to go 0-14 from beyond the 3-point line. Talen Horton-Tucker, also making his return from health and safety protocols, finished an even worse 1-13.
Isaiah Thomas, in his third game back with the team after being signed to a 10-day contract via hardship exemption, finished 1-11 from the field. Those absences were felt especially hard on Tuesday.
They’re also without Davis for several weeks after the star big man sustained an MCL sprain in Minnesota on Friday.Īnthony Davis felt something ‘pop’ during MCL sprain, is thankful he avoided surgery Podcast: Another loss, another night spent wondering what the Lakers might be Russell Westbrook finished with a solid 20 points on 10-20 shooting, and Trevor Ariza went 4-4 from the field with 12 points in his return to Staples Center as a Laker, but nobody else scored in double figures for the Lakers while the Suns had seven scorers in double figures, led by Booker with 24.Īnd although the Lakers’ own COVID-19 issues appear to be subsiding a bit, they still were without Avery Bradley, Austin Reaves, Malik Monk and Kent Bazemore, as well as head coach Frank Vogel and lead assistant Phil Handy. The King had 19 points at the break as he was tasked with both initiating the offense and trying to contain DeAndre Ayton (19 points, 9-11 shooting) on defense.īoth teams struggled to shoot the ball all night long, each finishing under 50% from the field and under 30% from three-point range. James did just about all his nearly-37-year-old body would allow, finishing with a team-high 34 points while shouldering a bigger load than he’s used to on defense with Anthony Davis out, Dwight Howard was held out in his first game back from health and safety protocols, and DeAndre Jordan continued to show his age on that end of the court.Īs the shorthanded Lakers struggled to contain Chris Paul’s pick-and-roll mastery or Devin Booker’s drive-and-kick aggression, James almost singlehandedly kept the purple and gold in the game during the first half. is now 16-16 on the season after losing their last three games. But despite LeBron James’ best efforts, the Lakers couldn’t keep up with an elite Suns squad, and fell 108-88 in an ugly, forgettable loss. Following a brutal road trip that saw them drop two straight and suffer a COVID-19 outbreak that sent several players and staff members into health and safety protocols, the Lakers were looking to get back on track at home against the Phoenix Suns in a battle of the last two Western Conference champions.
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