LeBron James scored a season-high 39 points tied his career high with 7 three-pointers as the Lakers beat the spurs without Anthony Davis, who sat out with a bruised left calf.
LeBron James had 21 points in his return after a five-game injury absence, and the Lakers beat San Antonio 105-94 for their first road victory this season.
“Initially reaction, obviously is to hop up and kind of see what’s going on,” Westbrook said. “But once I’m bleeding all over the place I was able to calm down and take care of that and I moved forward.Lakers guard Russell Westbrook, wearing a bandage on his forehead after suffering a laceration, talks with an official during the second half.
“I didn’t want to let Russ escalate it any further,” James said. “Especially with him bleeding like that, I didn’t want to hit Russ or anything after that contact. So, just try to step in there and try to defuse it as much as possible.”Lakers guard Patrick Beverley has been suspended three games without pay by the NBA after shoving Suns center Deandre Ayton to the floor on Tuesday.
“Russ being an elite passer on this team, an elite passer in this game for quite a while, I figured I’d keep trailing and see if he’ll throw it back up, and he did, and I was able to reward that,” said James, who was 11 for 21 from the field and seven for 12 from three-point range.said Davis “was kicked at some point in the second half” of Friday night’s win over the Spurs.
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