The Los Angeles Lakers have been experimenting with a three-guard lineup featuring Dinwiddie, Reaves, and D'Angelo Russell alongside LeBron and AD. The Lakers faced the Detroit Pistons at home, winning 125-111. Anthony Davis had an impressive performance with 20 points, 14 rebounds, 6 blocks, and 4 assists. LeBron James contributed 25 points and 8 assists. The Lakers improved to 29-26, marking the first time they've been three games above .500 since mid-December.
The Lakers' new-look starting lineup, featuring Rui Hachimura, LeBron James and Anthony Davis, has won five of their last six games and is laying out a blueprint for success. @LakersSBN https://t.co/KHDYcYwGg3
Darvin Ham when relayed that this is the first time the Lakers have been three games above .500 since mid-December: βDamn!β
Darvin Ham when relayed that this is the first time the Lakers have been three games above .500 since mid-December:βDamn!β
The Lakers starters put together another strong showing on Tuesday to earn a comfortable win over the Pistons. @LakersSBN https://t.co/KKrOCqUDyQ
βοΈ for @SportingTrib. The Lakers have won their 5th in 6 games as they took care of biz against the Pistons. https://t.co/kESMWmfpNy
The Lakers improve to 5-1 in February with a 125-111 victory over Detroit, in which they didn't have to use Anthony Davis (20 points, 14 boards and 6 blocks with 4 assists in 28 minutes) in the 4th Q.
Anthony Davis against the Pistons: βͺοΈ20 PTS βͺοΈ14 REB βͺοΈ6 BLK βͺοΈ4 AST The Lakers are 5-1 in their last six games βΌοΈ https://t.co/r74aScfdT8
Final: Lakers 125, Pistons 111 LA improves to 29-26. This is the first time they've been three games above .500 since Dec. 19. LeBron (31 minutes) and AD (28) didn't have to log heavy minutes on front end B2B. All five starters scored double figures. Up next: at Utah tomorrow.
The Lakers beat the Pistons, 125-111, to improve to 29-26 - the first time they've been three games over .500 since Dec. 18. LeBron 25p 8a; AD 20p 14r 6b; D-Lo 21p 3a; Rui 15p 5r; Reaves 13p 7r 6a; C-Wood 11p; Dinwiddie 6p 7a in his LAL debut.
LeBron James tonight: 25 PTS - 1 REB - 8 AST - 60% FG Anthony Davis tonight: 20 PTS - 14 REB - 4 AST - 6 BLK D'Angelo Russell tonight: 21 PTS - 2 REB - 3 AST - 1 BLK https://t.co/db8avzieYu
Third quarter: Lakers 99, Pistons 79 After the Pistons cut the deficit to 13 three times, LA responded well to close the quarter. All five starters are in double figures. DLo has 21 points. AD has 20 points, 14 rebounds and 6 blocks. Spencer Dinwiddie has 6 points and 5 assists.
The first 6 points of Spencer Dinwiddie's Laker career, on an and-1 and a pull-up 3, helped LAL push its lead back up to 20 as LeBron and AD both sat for the final few minutes of the 3rd Q. LAL up 99-79.
Halftime: Lakers 71, Pistons 48 Four of the five LA starters are in double digits. Rui Hachimura (9 points) is close. AD has 18 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks. He's really bothered Jalen Duren. LeBron has 12 points and 6 assists. AR has 10 points and 5 assists. DLo has 15 pts.
First quarter: Lakers 34, Pistons 24 Anthony Davis has 8 points, 5 rebounds and 3 blocks. Rui Hachimura has 7 points. LeBron James has 6 points. LA has held Detroit to 37% shooting. Spencer Dinwiddie had a nice dish to Christian Wood for his lone assist of the game so far.
After playing about a minute with the other four starters (Anthony Davis, LeBron James, Rui Hachimura and Austin Reaves), the Lakers are now using Spencer Dinwiddie in a bench-centric lineup alongside Reaves, Taurean Prince, Christian Wood and Davis.
Excellent energy from the Lakers tonight after the first time they've had 3 days off in a long time. They lead 25-11, and have been throttling Detroit in transition. Reaves has a pair of pretty dimes to find LeBron, and then AD.
A 12-6 start for the Lakers. Rui Hachimura has 7 points. They've scored eight points in the paint. Timeout Detroit.
The Lakers are spamming Rui Hachimura vs. the Pistons' slower/undersized perimeter players early.
Lakers' starters vs. Detroit: D'Angelo Russell Austin Reaves Rui Hachimura LeBron James Anthony Davis Record as starters: 4-0
LeBron and AD are both officially in today, with the same starters (Russell, Reaves and Hachimura). LAL have won 3 of 4 games since putting Hachimura into the starting lineup.
βοΈ for @SportingTrib. After three days off, the Lakers are finally back on the court. They face the Detroit Pistons at home. https://t.co/Ydjy3ECgr3
Austin Reaves on the possibility of playing in three-guard lineups with DβAngelo Russell and Spencer Dinwiddie: https://t.co/z8tpuA3MY6
Darvin Ham said he expects to take a look at the three-guard lineup with Dinwiddie, Reaves and DLo alongside LeBron and AD.