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The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Golden State Warriors 124-111 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, securing their second straight ...

It took the 76ers three quarters to realize that Joel Embiid was not in the right form to lead them to victory at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Thursday night. Tyrese Haliburton had a double-double of 22 point sand 14 assists for the team. The Cavaliers lost Thursday's home game after the poor-performing fourth quarter during which they missed 13 of their 19 FG attempts while committing five turnovers. Nikola Jokic had his 22nd triple-double of the season after dropping 24 points, 18 rebounds and 13 assists for the Nuggets at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio, on Thursday. Ty Jerome had 20 points and three assists. When the Warriors had to struggle in half-court offense in most of their possessions, it's not surprising that they shot below 40 percent from the field. However, they were beaten by the Lakers on this front as well, not only because the purple and gold could match the Warriors in speed, but also because their big men's rebounding efforts made it difficult for the Warriors to launch fast break in the first place. The Warriors were not only small, but wretchedly lacking spacing as both Kuminga and Draymond Green were often left open at the 3-point line. The Warriors started with a mini squad in which the biggest one is 2.01-meter-tall Jonathan Kuminga. Even though he turned 38 years old in late December 2022, James has averaged 30 points this season, matching the third-highest of his career, while having 8.4 rebounds and seven assists. The competition was long gone early in the fourth quarter as the purple and gold extended their lead to over 20 points two minutes into this period. /CFP

In only their second game as a whole unit after the flurry of trades they made before the Feb. 9 trade deadline, the Los Angeles Lakers routed the Golden ...

Lakers lose D'Angelo Russell early to a sprained ankle but still defeat the Golden State Warriors.

2018 — The United States wins the Olympic gold medal in men’s curling in a decisive upset of Sweden. John Shuster skips the United States to a 10-7 victory for only the second curling medal in U.S. To get this newsletter in your inbox, [click here](https://www.latimes.com/newsletters/sports/la-newsletter-sports-report-signup-page-htmlstory.html). The Czech star is the first to win gold medals in both sports. 2002 — Canada beats the United States 5-2 for the gold medal in men’s hockey at the Winter Olympics. [From John Cherwa](https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2023-02-23/breeders-cup-to-return-to-del-mar-in-2023): The Breeders’ Cup will be held in Southern California for the second straight time next year when the two-day event returns to Del Mar on Nov. Gibson’s 21st save gave him the most through a goaltender’s first 40 games of the season since Hall of Famer Jacques Plante made 1,396 for the New York Rangers in 1963-64. They last lost six consecutive games all in regulation in October 2003, before the NHL had a salary cap and before Alex Ovechkin was drafted. The people requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly about a situation that will not become official until Wagner is released at the start of the NFL’s new league year in mid-March. Gallego knew Gil was in line to serve as Mexico’s manager in the World Baseball Classic in March, and that Gil was part of the contingent responsible for assembling the roster for the tournament. The Trojans held Washington to just two points in the first quarter on the way to a 17-11 halftime lead. Washington State was 0-34 against the Bruins in Los Angeles — with just 10 wins in 80 overall games.

NBA News: The Los Angeles Lakers launched their final push for a playoff berth with a 124-111 victory over the reigning champions Golden State Warriors.

Beasley, Jarred Vanderbilt (four points) and Russell (two points) were in their third game, while Mo Bamba (10 points, 13 rebounds) was in his second.(With agencies inputs) The Warriors led early before the Lakers moved in front 4 1/2 minutes into the game and never trailed again. Rui Hachimura (14 points) was playing in his 12th game with Los Angeles. Anthony Davis scored 12 points with 12 rebounds for Los Angeles. Golden State lost for the fourth time in its last five games and remained stuck on seven road victories, the lowest among postseason-eligible teams. Jordan Poole had 16 points for Golden State.

James, who scored five points in the first half, saw his streak of scoring at least 20 points end at 37 games. He added nine rebounds and eight assists.

Jakob Poeltl added 21 points and a career-best 18 rebounds for the Raptors, who have won three in a row. Indiana point guard Tyrese Haliburton finished with 22 points and 14 assists, but missed a long 3-point attempt at the end of regulation with the teams tied 125-125. The 11 players who suited up for the Trail Blazers didn’t appear to be bothered by the nuisance early in the game, as Portland blasted out to 11-2, 19-4 and 27-11 leads en route to a 37-29 advantage through 12 minutes. Jordan Clarkson added 24 points for the Jazz. Golden State lost for the fourth time in its last five games and remained stuck on seven road victories, the lowest among postseason-eligible teams. Anthony Davis scored 12 points with 12 rebounds for Los Angeles.

Former Minnesota Timberwolves PG D'Angelo Russell was one of the more dependable players when he played at Target Center. But now, after being traded to the ...

The Timberwolves will visit the Lakers on March 3, 2023, and that game now appears to be sooner than D’Angelo Russell will be back from injury. But part of that presumption was his arriving in time to help turn the Lakers season around. Russell has played all of four games for the Lakers since that trade, but with his injury, he could be looking at missing anywhere from six games to 15 games.

As LeBron James and Anthony Davis had down nights, Malik Beasley and the bench stepped up to lead the Lakers to a decisive win.

Ham clarified in his pregame news conference that the plan is for James, Davis and the rest of the group to play every game the rest of the way — including back-to-backs. [Memphis](https://theathletic.com/nba/team/grizzlies/) (35-23) and [Oklahoma City](https://theathletic.com/nba/team/thunder/) (28-30). It appears, however, that the Lakers’ plan is to get James and Davis to play as many of the remaining 22 games as possible. He doesn’t want the Lakers to get ahead of themselves and overlook an opponent or lose because they’re unprepared, sabotaging the recent progress they’ve made as a group. Davis believes resting in blowout wins is “very huge” and will allow him and James to shoulder a larger burden later in the season — i.e. “We have guys in that second unit that have been in the starting lineup, and played starter’s minutes, and closed games for us, and had big moments in big games. This season, they were 0-2 in the two games James had scored fewer than 20 points and 2-5 in the seven games Davis failed to reach that threshold. The Lakers led by at least 20 points for much of the fourth quarter. [D’Angelo Russell](https://theathletic.com/nba/player/dangelo-russell-T78UXpDn5eShWlwg/), [LA](https://theathletic.com/nba/team/clippers/)’s third option, played just nine minutes before spraining his right ankle in the first quarter. [Anthony Davis](https://theathletic.com/nba/player/anthony-davis-YhDofdcmUKoYKV18/) only scored 12 points on 3-of-5 shooting while being contained by [Draymond Green](https://theathletic.com/nba/player/draymond-green-qWchQbJAR0YQNMyV/), [Kevon Looney](https://theathletic.com/nba/player/kevon-looney-uZPgrCxwsC4SkmF8/) and the Warriors’ stellar help defense. But this isn’t the previous iteration of the Lakers. “It’s 23 of the most important games of my career — for a regular season,” James told reporters Sunday.

After the game, Russell described his ankle as "sore."

All-time leading scorer in NBA history and ranks fourth in career assists, LeBron Raymone James Sr has been upgraded to available for Los Angeles Lakers ...

The new-look Los Angeles Lakers came out of the All-Star break with an emphatic message to the rest of the Western Conference thanks to a 124-111 victory ...

Mo Bamba had a double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds off the bench. Another encouraging sign is Ham only had to play Davis and James 26 minutes each against the Warriors. Malik Beasley provided the offensive spark in the starting lineup with 25 points on 7-of-11 shooting from three-point range. Four different players made at least two three-pointers. [26th](https://www.espn.com/nba/stats/team/_/table/offensive/sort/threePointPct/dir/desc) in three-point percentage (34.0) and [tied](https://www.espn.com/nba/stats/team/_/table/offensive/sort/avgThreePointFieldGoalsMade/dir/desc) for 27th in three-pointers made per game (10.5). [infamous comment](https://twitter.com/Rachel__Nichols/status/1582650996789870592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1582650996789870592%7Ctwgr%5Ea729c3781e0f0f30829a18e157f3cf30ba709d1c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fftw.usatoday.com%2F2022%2F10%2Flakers-warriors-lebron-james-shooting-stats) after a loss to the Warriors that the Lakers were not "sitting here with a lot of lasers on our team" in reference to their lack of shooters.

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer. LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James and Anthony Davis might finally have a supporting cast to help the Los Angeles Lakers make a ...

“There were several key stretches where we had a chance to get back in the game but couldn’t put it together.” Lakers: Mo Bamba had a double-double off the bench (10 points, 13 rebounds) … The Lakers got a season-best 68 points from their reserves, including five in double figures. James — who suffered a hand injury during the All-Star game Sunday night — had 13 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. “LeBron and AD didn’t get going as much as they wanted tonight, but we’re deep, and I think that’s the statement we want to make,” Beasley said. Los Angeles (28-32) is 13th in the Western Conference but has won three of four since the trade deadline.