{"id":158872,"date":"2024-03-05T13:23:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T13:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/05\/lakers-surge-past-okc-thunder-116-104-for-third-straight-win\/"},"modified":"2024-03-05T13:23:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T13:23:03","slug":"lakers-surge-past-okc-thunder-116-104-for-third-straight-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/05\/lakers-surge-past-okc-thunder-116-104-for-third-straight-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers surge past OKC Thunder 116-104 for third straight win \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>D\u2019Angelo Russell hit five 3-pointers while scoring 26 points, and Anthony Davis added 24 points and 12 rebounds in the Los Angeles Lakers\u2019 116-104 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>LeBron James had 19 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists in the Lakers\u2019 10th victory in 14 games. Austin Reaves added 16 points while hitting four 3s for the Lakers, who won their third straight meeting with the Western Conference-leading Thunder to take the season series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re so well-coached that you can\u2019t relax,\u201d Russell said. \u201cThat team has got everything you need to win and to be efficient at this level. You\u2019ve got to be ready to play against those guys. It\u2019s no fluke (to beat them).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his first game since scoring his record 40,000th career point in a loss to Denver, James nearly got a triple-double before the Lakers\u2019 big lead allowed him to sit out the final six minutes. Davis was able to sit out the entire fourth quarter when the Lakers hit six 3-pointers in quick succession during his absence, boosting their lead to 25 points.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_581585\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Davis-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-581585\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anthony Davis Photo Courtesy: Sports Illustrated<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Russell punctuated the Lakers\u2019 decisive rally by hitting 3-pointers on three consecutive possessions with increasing theatrics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy teammates find me when I\u2019m hot,\u201d Russell said. \u201cIt makes it easier when I can stretch the floor like that. That\u2019s what shooting does. It\u2019s a pleasure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russell passed to James before his third 3-pointer with 9:06 to play, but James whipped the ball right back to him for a shot that left Russell sprawled on his back from uncalled defensive contact, putting the Lakers up 103-79 and earning a standing ovation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Lebron-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-581583\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know I made the shot,\u201d Russell said. \u201cI just kind of threw it up there. Lucky shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 20 points \u2014 ending his streak of eight consecutive 30-point games \u2014 for the Thunder, who lost for only the second time in nine games. Lu Dort and Chet Holmgren added 15 points apiece.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur start was good offensively, but our overall sharpness just wasn\u2019t there,\u201d Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. \u201cDefensively, we turned them over a bunch of times, and that kept us in it. But certainly not our fastball tonight. \u2026 I just didn\u2019t think we were as sharp offensively as we needed to be. A team like that that\u2019s got size and physicality, that\u2019s a requirement to hit shots against them, but we just didn\u2019t do that enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0ESPN<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D\u2019Angelo Russell hit five 3-pointers while scoring 26 points, and Anthony Davis added 24 points and 12 rebounds in the Los Angeles Lakers\u2019 116-104 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night. 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