His new double-double, massive once again, was not enough. Rudy Gobert (19 points at 6/8, 16 rebounds and 3 blocks) and Utah had their hand in the last quarter of the last Martin Luther King Day game, leading by nine points with less than ten minutes remaining ( 74-83, 39th). But LeBron James (25 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists) then found unexpected support in Stanley Johnson, a 25-year-old winger whose career never took off, to turn the situation around.
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Stanley Johnson, who was once a bright prospect (8th pick in the 2015 Draft), scored 10 of his 15 points in the five minutes following the biggest gap in favor of the Jazz. Which did not find the parade to this card surprising. For the Salt Lake City team, this fifth loss in six games is not a good deal because they need to earn success before a terrible passage at the end of the month (Golden State, Phoenix twice and Memphis between January 24 and 29).
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On the Lakers side, where the return of Anthony Davis, still injured in his left knee, is not expected until next week, at best, it is on the contrary a big relief after three consecutive defeats. Even if they still had to deal with a both inconstant and disappointing Russell Westbrook (5/14 on shots, 3 assists only on Monday), at least their bench compensated this time (44 points).
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