LA Lakers vs OKC Thunder - 12/23/23 - Pregame atmosphere & starting lineups
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Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff Writer
Dec 24, 2023, 12:56 AM ET
OKLAHOMA CITY -- With the Lakers' once 26-point lead cut to 10 in the waning minutes Saturday, LeBron James scored 11 straight points for L.A. The spurt boosted his total to a season-best 40 points and assured the Lakers one of their best wins of the season, 129-120 against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Coming into the night on a four-game losing streak and tweaking the starting lineup before tipoff -- looking like a shell of the team that went 7-0 en route to the in-season tournament championship in the past couple of weeks -- the Lakers made good on the "must win" directive Anthony Davis labeled the game earlier in the week.
James, one week shy of his 39th birthday, became the first player to top 40 points in his 21st season.
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Beyond James' sterling night -- he was 13-for-20 from the field, including a 5-for-5 mark from 3 and 9-for-9 showing from the free throw line -- Davis (26 points) and Rui Hachimura (21 points) also exceled.
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