The Los Angeles Lakers snapped their three-game losing streakovercoming this Sunday the Detroit Pistons 124-117in a match in which they needed the the best possible version of his two biggest figures to return to LA with victory. To such an extent that LeBron James and Anthony Davis I have one milestone that has never been achieved as partners.
Against Detroit, LeBron and AD shared theirs 125th match of the regular season to the Lakers. And for the first time in these four seasons, both scored 34 points or more in the same match.
James finished with 35 points (his second-highest of the season), 5 rebounds and 5 assists, while Davis added another chapter to an absolutely dominant stretch for his side, recapturing the best version of his career: 34 points, 15 rebounds and 7 assists. Between the two they combined for an excellent 26 of 42 from the field (62%), destroying the team with the second-worst defensive rating in the NBA.
Davis now has an average 34.8 points in his last 11 games (discounting a game in which he barely played 8 minutes due to injury), in addition 15.2 rebounds.
AD wins the double team 〰
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The Lakers have never had such a scoring night from their top two figures. At least not in the regular season, considering they’d accomplished it once in the playoffs: it was in decisive Game 5 against the Portland Trail Blazersin the 2019-2020 bubble, with Davis adds 43 and James 36 points.
A few weeks after that day, on August 29, 2020, the Lakers were were crowned champions at Disney.
Today it is clear that the reality and the team’s goals are very different. In fact, They needed a one-off performance from their stars to narrowly overcome the worst record in the leagueLike the Pistons.
LeBron is still LeBron and the Revival of Anthony Davis as one of the most dominant and complete interiors in the NBA are plus points for Angelenos. All the rest continue to be worthy of a team that I hope he plays Play-In.
