BREAKING: The Lakers, powered by D’Angelo Russell's 31 points and 22 points from LeBron James, rolled into the second round of the NBA playoffs, eliminating the second-seeded Grizzlies 125-85 in Game 6.
standing at the opposite end of the court at the free-throw line taking in the game and the moment around him.This had to have been the kind of night James envisioned when he pickedAdvertisementFriday, it was all his — the attention, the opportunity, the moment, the team around him.Hernández: Lakers will need LeBron James to better again in Game 6
D’Angelo Russell, the player the Lakers once drafted to be their future, splashed jumpers that scraped the ceiling. Davis wrapped his arms around the defensive paint in a smothering bearhug when he wasn’t using them to block shots. And James, he responded. After calling himself “s---” in Game 5 — a four-letter description for a five-make, five-turnover night — James attacked the paint and made it clear that he wouldn’t be forced into life beyond the three-point arc.
The Lakers point guard scored 31, a career postseason high coming against the same Memphis team that held him to 13.8 points per game in the playoffs a year ago.Lakers forward Anthony Davis celebrates during the second quarter against the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday. And for most of the past two seasons, all of this seemed unlikely if not impossible for James, every day as a NBA player making it harder to guarantee that he’d be healthy enough for something special to come together.
Everyone had a hand in this, from Jarred Vanderbilt’s defense on Ja Morant, to James and Davis dominating in the closeout to Dennis Schroder’s defensive havoc.
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