LOS ANGELES, United States —
LeBron James made
several clutch baskets in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter as the
Los Angeles Lakers rallied from a late seven-point deficit to beat the Sacramento
Kings 122-114 on Tuesday.
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James scored 14 of his team-high 31 points
in the final quarter as the Lakers won for the fourth time in the last five
games.
Los Angeles'
Malik Monk also had a strong
final quarter, scoring 11 of his 24 points in the last seven minutes of the
contest in front of a crowd of 17,900 in Los Angeles.
Monk drained six three pointers in the game
and James and Russell Westbrook put the finishing touches with layups in the
final moments. Westbrook finished with 19 points.
Reserve Talen Horton-Tucker also scored 19
points for the Lakers, who beat a Pacific Division team at home for the first
time this season.
De'Aaron Fox scored 30 points
and Buddy Hield added 26 with seven three-pointers for the Kings.
In Cleveland, Ja Morant scored the go-ahead
basket with 22 seconds left in the fourth quarter to lift the Memphis Grizzlies
to a 110-106 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Morant scored six of his 26 points in the
final minute as the Grizzlies won their sixth straight game.
"I don't fear nobody," said
Morant. "If you are 7-foot-7 I don't care, I am coming straight at
you."
Morant hit a short jump shot to give the
Grizzlies a 106-104 lead, then stole the ball from Cavs
Brandon Goodwin for
another score with 22 seconds remaining.
Morant then sealed the win by hitting a pair
of free throws as the Grizzlies won for the 10th time in the last 11 games on
the road.
The Grizzlies were coming off a 118-104 win
over the Brooklyn Nets on Monday.
"We came in knowing we had back-to-back
games. We just had to lock in defensively and find a way. We came up with some
key stops at the end of the game to get the win," Morant added.
Morant also added six assists but his
franchise-record run of 30-point games was halted at five.
VanVleet in hot form
Elsewhere,
Devin Booker scored 33 points and
Chris Paul finished with 11 points and 15 assists as the undermanned Phoenix
Suns beat the New Orleans Pelicans 123-110.
Mikal Bridges scored 23, Cameron Johnson
added 18, Bismack Biyombo had 16 and Jalen Smith had 12 in the win.
The Suns were without head coach Monty
Williams. They were also missing starters Deandre Ayton and Jae Crowder, and
reserve players JaVale McGee and Abdel Nader, all because of COVID-19 measures.
Devonte' Graham scored 28, Jonas Valanciunas
had 25 points and 16 rebounds, Brandon Ingram scored 16 and Josh Hart had 15
points and 11 rebounds for the Pelicans.
In Toronto,
Fred VanVleet scored 24 of his
33 points in the first half as the Toronto Raptors won their third straight
game with a dominating 129-104 victory over the San Antonio Spurs.
VanVleet also had seven assists and was
seven of 14 in three-point attempts at Scotiabank Arena.
VanVleet has scored at least 30 points in
the past three games as the Raptors improved to 17-17 to reach .500 on the
season.
He's the first Toronto player to score 30 or
more in three straight since Kawhi Leonard did it in four straight in
2019.
"You recognize when you're in rhythm
and you just try to hold on as long as possible because it's not always like
that," VanVleet said.
"I try to keep my floor a little higher
but when you're hot, you've just got to be aggressive and ride it out as long
as you can."
Pascal Siakam added 18 points, 12 rebounds
and five assists, Gary Trent tallied 21 points, OG Anunoby and Justin
Champagnie each scored 14 points in the win.
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