Kuzma late show as Lakers eclipse Suns

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 05:47:36 +0000

Complete Results

Lakers 123, Suns 115

Heat 117, Pistons 108

Bulls 120, Knicks 102

Jazz 119, Nets 104

Hawks 125, Nuggets 121

Kings 107, Blazers 99

76ers 98, Cavaliers 97

Pacers 111, Thunder 85

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Kyle Kuzma drained two clutch three-pointers as the Los Angeles Lakers bounced back to score a 123-115 road victory over the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday.

Kuzma hit back-to-back threes in the final three minutes of a see-saw battle to finally sink the Suns, shortly after Phoenix had taken a 113-111 lead with 3min 29sec left at the Talking Stick Resort Arena.

A LeBron James three-pointer put the Lakers 114-113 ahead before Kuzma weighed in to stretch the lead to 120-113.

LEBRON James is fouled as he goes for a basket. (AP)

Kuzma finished with 23 points off the bench while Anthony Davis led the Lakers’ scoring with 24 points and 12 rebounds.

“I’ve been finding my rhythm all season,” Kuzma said of his crucial pair of late three-pointers.

“I feel like every single game I’ve been getting better with my rhythm and timing. It kind of clicked a little bit. I know I can shoot.”

James added 19 points with 11 assists and seven rebounds as the Lakers made an instant return to winning ways following Sunday’s loss to Toronto.

The win saw the Lakers improve to 8-2 at the top of the Western Conference, continuing the franchise’s resurgence under head coach Frank Vogel.

Phoenix meanwhile fell to 6-4 with the defeat. Devin Booker and Ricky Rubio led the Suns scoring with 21 points apiece.

Elsewhere Wednesday, the Philadelphia 76ers improved to 7-3 in the Eastern Conference table with a gritty 98-97 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Wells Fargo Center.

Joel Embiid led the way for the Sixers with 27 points, while hauling down 14 defensive rebounds. Josh Richardson added 17 points while Ben Simmons had 15.

But the Sixers were left sweating until the final seconds before Embiid slammed in the winning dunk with 13.2 sec on the clock to seal the win and prevent what would have been an upset defeat.
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