LeBron James had 31 points. 10 assists and nine rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers emphatically snapped their three-game skid with a 141-116 victory over the…<\/p>\n
LOS ANGELES(AP) \u2014 LeBron James had 31 points. 10 assists and nine rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers emphatically snapped their three-game skid with a 141-116 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Luka Doncic added 27 points and 12 assists for the Lakers, who jumped to a 32-point lead early in the second half and capably weathered the Hawks’ big late rally. Los Angeles has lost four straight games only once since acquiring Doncic nearly a year ago.<\/p>\n
While playing the second game of his first back-to-back appearances during his unprecedented 23rd NBA season, James fell just shy of his first triple-double since last Feb. 1 in New York \u2014 a day better remembered for the Lakers’ seismic trade for Doncic<\/a> later that night.<\/p>\n Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 26 points and CJ McCollum had 25 for the Hawks, who had won on the first two stops of their West Coast road trip.<\/p>\n Corey Kispert scored 19 points while thriving alongside McCollum in both players’ second game with Atlanta since being traded by Washington for Trae Young<\/a>.<\/p>\n Jake LaRavia and Deandre Ayton scored 17 points apiece for the Lakers, who hit 19 3-pointers after going 8 for 36 from distance in their embarrassing loss at Sacramento<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n Doncic, who played despite left groin soreness, hit 3-pointers on three consecutive possessions while leading the Lakers on a 17-0 run in the second quarter.<\/p>\n Los Angeles made nearly 62% of its shots while taking an 81-60 halftime lead with its highest-scoring half of the season. The Lakers blew it open with a 12-1 run after halftime, but Atlanta gradually trimmed its deficit to 11 points before LA pulled away for good.<\/p>\n Rui Hachimura scored seven points as a reserve on a minutes restriction in his return from a seven-game injury absence.<\/p>\n Kristaps Porzingis (Achilles tendon) and Zaccharie Risacher (knee) both haven\u2019t played on the Hawks\u2019 trip.<\/p>\n
Hawks: At Portland on Thursday.<\/p>\n Lakers: Host Charlotte on Thursday.<\/p>\n
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