PHILADELPHIA — LeBron James wanted to ship this message.
He nonetheless sits on his throne.
The Lakers famous person scored 10 consecutive factors late within the fourth quarter to seal a 112-108 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday, serving to the Lakers (17-6) nab two wins out of their troublesome three-game street journey.
Lakers star LeBron James dunks in entrance of Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid, left, in the course of the first half Sunday.
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After flattening a 20-foot fadeaway over Quentin Grimes, James held each palms low to the bottom, signaling “too small,” earlier than putting an imaginary crown on his head and punctuating it together with his signature silencer celebration. James, who sat out of the Lakers’ final sport in Boston due to sciatica and left-foot joint arthritis, completed with 29 factors, seven rebounds and 6 assists, together with 12 factors within the fourth quarter to carry off the 76ers. Philadelphia (16-7) got here again from a 10-point deficit within the third quarter and tied the rating with 1:28 remaining on a shot by Joel Embiid.
Luka Doncic returned from a two-game absence to document a 31-point, 15-rebound, 11-assist triple-double. Now a father of two daughters, Doncic rejoined the staff in Philadelphia on Saturday after he and his fiancee welcomed their second little one, Olivia.
Regardless of touring from Slovenia, Doncic didn’t miss a beat Sunday. He scored 5 of the Lakers’ first seven factors and took essentially the most shot makes an attempt of anybody on the Lakers. With 10 factors, 5 rebounds and 4 assists within the first quarter, Doncic was already flirting with a triple-double after 12 minutes.
The Lakers erased a 10-point deficit within the first quarter solely to seek out themselves down by 10 once more within the second. After Austin Reaves hit a nook three — simply his second basket after he missed his first eight makes an attempt from the sector — to convey the Lakers to inside two factors, the 76ers answered with a 10-2 run that pushed their lead again to 10 with 38.9 seconds remaining within the half.
Reaves, who was averaging 41 factors a sport with out Doncic, had simply 11 factors. Deandre Ayton had 14 factors and 12 rebounds.
