Dennis Schroeder was the best scorer with the Lakers with 26 points, while the Japanese Roy Hachimura scored 16 points, and D’Angelo Russell, the newcomer, with a last-minute deal, scored 15 points with five rebounds and six assists. As for Anthony Davis, his pace was calm in scoring with 13 points.
The match lost some of its luster with the absence of James, who suffers from ankle pain less than a week after entering history as the best scorer in the history of the NBA, and the absence of the injured Warriors star, Stephen Curry, too.
In other matches, the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Chicago Bulls 97-89, the Atlanta Hawks defeated the San Antonio Spurs 125-106, the New York Knicks defeated the Utah Jazz 126-120, and the Sacramento Kings defeated the Dallas Mavericks 133-128 after extension.
The Charlotte Hornets also lost from the Denver Nuggets 105-119, and the Orlando Magic from the Miami Heat 103-107 after extension, while the Washington Wizards beat the Indiana Pacers 127-113 and the Brooklyn Nets fell to the Philadelphia Seventy Sixers 98-101.
