James & # 039; free throw gives the Lakers 114-113 victory over Mavericks
James & # 039; free throw gives the Lakers 114-113 victory over Mavericks
LeBron James entered the Staples Center in Hallowe'en Dressed as Jason from the "Friday the 13th" movies. Five hours later, he saved the Los Angeles Lakers from a horrible ending.
The four-time MVP scored 29 points and made the winning free throw of the game with 2.1 seconds left Wednesday night when the Lakers held for a 114-113 victory over the Dallas Mavericks.
"I do not like the way we closed the game, but in most of the game we played well," James said.
The Angels led almost all the time and went up 111-98 with 3:42 to play before the Mavericks came out in a 15-2 run to tie. Luka Doncic tied for 113 with 7.2 seconds remaining on a bridge from the corner, but on the next trip down the floor, James was fouled by Wesley Mathews while firing a jump shot.
James missed the first free throw but did the second. J.J. Barea missed a triple for Dallas when time expired, and the Lakers (3-5) stopped a two-game skid.
"The NBA games never end and you have to play the game a certain way," said Lakers coach Luke Walton. "If you get into the game, the game is going to bother you and I thought we had done it a bit, I hope we can learn the same lesson even if it's a victory."
JaVale McGee added 16 points and 15 rebounds, Kyle Kuzma scored 18 and Brandon Ingram had 17 for the Lakers.
Matthews led Dallas with 21 points and Harrison Barnes scored 19. The Mavericks (2-6) have lost five straight.
"I love the fight, our first quarter was very disappointing, but we defended ourselves," coach Rick Carlisle said. "We were able to get stops in the fourth quarter and we had some momentum in the offense."
The Lakers scored the first eight points and led by 18 in the first quarter, as they were 15 of 23 from the field and made six three-pointers.
Dallas cut the margin to 66-59 by half time. The shot of Matthews' bench led the Mavericks to 70-64 before the Lakers came out in a 17-4 run, which included 10 points for James, to open their biggest lead with 87-68 with 4:40 remaining. In the third.
The closest the Mavericks were in the first eight minutes of the quarter was 98-90 with 8:12 to play.
Roads
The Mavericks, who dropped to 0-5 on the road, are one of seven teams in the NBA without an away win. They have lost 10 consecutive away games since last season.
DURING BEGINNING, BETTER FINISH
Doncic, the second pick of the 2018 draft, said before the game that he grew up idolizing James. The Slovenian teenager, who scored 31 points Monday night in San Antonio and is averaging 20.4 points per game, could have been a little surprised during his first game against James when he missed his first six shots.
However, Doncic was able to get rid of the slow start, as he made his last five shots from the field and finished with 14 points. James gave Doncic his shirt after the game.
Story of two stockings
The Lakers kept the Mavericks at 37 percent from the floor in the first and third quarters (17 of 46), but Dallas shot 65 percent (26 of 40) in the second and fourth.
"The first and third defensive quarters were pretty good and then we had two terrible quarters, it's about improving with those things," Walton said.
TIP-INS
Mavericks: DeAndre Jordan had 12 rebounds and 10 points. ... Barea (15 points) and Dwight Powell (12) left the bench to score in double figures. ... The Mavericks were 14 of 19 from the field in the second quarter. ... G Devin Harris (distension in the left thigh) missed his seventh consecutive game.
Lakers: They have won three straight against the Mavericks. ... McGee also had five blocked shots, making it his first game with at least 15 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks since January 14, 2012, with Washington. The last player of the Lakers to achieve it was Pau Gasol on January 20, 2014 in Chicago. ... Kuzma scored 11 points in the first quarter. ... The 38 points were a high season for a first quarter. ... F Michael Beasley missed his second straight game due to personal reasons.
UNTIL NEXT TIME
Mavericks: host of New York on Friday.
Lakers: In Portland on Saturday.
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