The Lakers get aggressive performances out of their two healthy stars, but without LeBron James and two other rotation players, the visitors fade in the second half of a 139-116 defeat.
SALT LAKE CITY — Midway through the second quarter on Monday night, the Utah Jazz played an in-arena promo with two versions of the same picture: Jordan Clarkson hanging onto the rim, seemingly towering over the Lakers’ LeBron James and Russell Westbrook, an image taken in Los Angeles just four nights earlier.In reality, the biggest difference was that LeBron James was wearing a jacket and jeans on the sideline instead of a jersey.
They got aggressive performances out of their two healthy stars: Anthony Davis took charge on offense with 29 points on 11-for-18 shooting, striving to be more involved after taking just two second-half shots in Sunday’s loss to Cleveland. Still playing his sixth-man role despite three rotation players being unavailable, Russell Westbrook again started hot from the floor and wound up with 22 points and five assists.
On Friday, they allowed 40 points in the first quarter, 75 by halftime and 130 by the end of the night; on Monday, it was 41 in the first and 76 by the intermission, building to the season-high 139 points allowed. Fans were streaming out of the arena with 6½ minutes remaining.
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