The Los Angeles Lakers improved to 22-17 in this 2024-25 season with a narrow 102-101 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday at Crypto.com Arena. The Lakers were expected to breeze past the Nets even with Anthony Davis being out but nearly ended up losing,
The Los Angeles Lakers were fighting with everything they had to avoid picking up a loss in the Crypto.com arena on Friday night. The Brooklyn Nets, who started the night at 14-27, should have been easy pickings for the Lakers but without Anthony Davis,
Lakers center Anthony Davis missed only his third game this season after being a late scratch from the lineup before Friday's matchup against the Brooklyn Nets. Davis was downgraded to out 40 minutes before tipoff due to plantar fasciitis in his left foot.
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Friday in Russell’s first game back in Los Angeles since being dealt to the Nets, Reaves had a career-high 38 points to help drag the Lakers across the finish line to a 102-101 win. Russell had a chance to win the game — after a string of Reaves misses in the final two minutes — but his three-point attempt didn’t fall.
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The Lakers had to endure an ugly, physical and low-scoring battle against the Nets on Friday, but they survived thanks to Austin Reaves.
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