LOS ANGELES, United States —
LeBron James scored a game-high 26 points, and
the Los Angeles Lakers became the last NBA team to win a game this season,
defeating Denver 121–110 on Sunday.
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Anthony Davis
added 23 points and 15 rebounds while Russell Westbrook came off the bench to
contribute 18 points, eight rebounds, and eight assists as the host Lakers
improved to 1–5 by ending their futility run.
“We needed this
one,” Davis said. “We needed this for our team, our spirits, our fans, our
organization. We come out and showed what we’re capable of. It could be the
start of a run for us.”
The 0-5 start
had matched the 2014–15 Lakers for the worst in the club’s history, which dates
to 1947, but the victory avoided a new mark and gave coach Darvin Ham his first
victory.
“It feels good
to get that monkey off our back,” Davis said. “Get a win in the win column and
try to get this thing going.”
The Lakers
scored their most points of any game this season and grabbed their largest lead
of the campaign late in the fourth quarter to subdue the Nuggets, who fell to
4–3 despite 23 points and 14 assists by
Nikola Jokic.
“When we play
defense like that, we’re a tough team to beat,” Davis said. “But today we made
shots.”
Davis played despite a painful back injury.
“It was killing
me tonight but I tried to do whatever I could do to help the team get the win,”
Davis said.
Earlier in Los
Angeles, Zion Williamson made a triumphant return from a right hip injury with
21 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists for New Orleans in a 112–91 victory
over the Los Angeles Clippers.
The Pelicans
improved to 4–2 on the season and 3–1 when Williamson, the top pick in the 2019
NBA Draft, is on the court.
Williamson
played 31 minutes in his comeback game after he suffered the injury during a
fall a week ago in a 122–121 overtime loss to Utah.
The 22-year-old
American power forward was driving for a fast break layup when he was blocked
by
Jordan Clarkson and fell hard to the court.
“I’m fine,”
Williamson said. “I’m still a little sore. I can’t lie to you because that was
a hard fall. But I’m fine.”
A knee injury
limited Williamson to 24 games in his rookie season and he missed all of last
season with a broken right foot.
So far this season,
Williamson is averaging 21.8 points and 8.0 rebounds a contest.
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