LeBron James had a buzzer-beating tip-in to cap a 10-point fourth quarter because the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Indiana Pacers 120-119 on Wednesday evening.
James prolonged his NBA-record streak of 10 or extra factors to 1,283 video games — barely. He was 0-for-6 with three factors via the primary three quarters. He completed with 13 factors, 13 rebounds and 7 assists.
James’ tip-in was the eighth buzzer-beater of his profession and first with the Lakers. He is now tied with Joe Johnson and Kobe Bryant for second-most in NBA historical past, trailing Michael Jordan by one.
Luka Doncic scored 34 factors and in addition had seven rebounds, seven assists and made six 3-pointers. Austin Reaves added 24 factors because the Lakers snapped a three-game shedding streak to maneuver right into a tie with Memphis for the fourth seed within the Western Convention.
Bennedict Mathurin had 23 factors to steer Indiana. Tyrese Haliburton had a season-high 18 assists and 16 factors, the final of which gave Indiana a 119-118 lead with 42.2 seconds left. Indiana had streaks of 5 straight wins general and eight straight at house snapped.
The Lakers led the whole second and third quarters and have been nonetheless up 118-112 with 1:44 to go. However Haliburton’s three-point play capped a 7-0 run that gave Indiana the lead. Each groups then had empty possessions and Doncic missed a midrange floater within the waning seconds, organising James for the winner.
Los Angeles desperately wanted one thing to go proper after shedding seven of its earlier 10. And regardless of seeing James go 4-of-12, the Lakers — and James — nonetheless discovered a solution to end the job.
Los Angeles makes its subsequent cease on a four-game journey Thursday evening at Chicago. Indiana visits Washington on Thursday in its remaining back-to-back this season.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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