Game Time: Los Angeles Lakers Seal Sweet 16th Straight Win in Sizzling Showdown Against San Antonio Spurs!
San Antonio's Victor Wembanyama dunks in the Spurs' NBA victory over Charlotte (Ronald Cortes) Luka Doncic sank a baseline jumper with half a second remaining in overtime on Saturday to give the Los Angeles Lakers a dramatic 127-125 NBA victory over Denver for their fifth consecutive triumph. NBA scoring leader Doncic had a triple double with 30 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds to foil a triple-double effort by Denver's Nikola Jokic, who had 24 points, 16 rebounds and 14 assists. "This game was very big," Doncic said.
"We've still got a long way to the playoffs. We've got to approach every game the same way. " The contest only reached overtime because LA's Austin Reaves, who scored a game-high 32 points, rebounded his own missed free throw and sank a tying basket from the left side with 1.
9 seconds to play in regulation. "Saw they only had one person on that side so tried to miss on that side and go make a play," Reaves said. "I've made it once before but not to this magnitude.
" The score was deadlocked again late in overtime before Doncic's closing heroics. "I just wanted to get my shot off," the Slovenian superstar said. "I saw there was an opening so I went to the other side.
Went to my step back, I've worked on this, and trust my shot. " The Lakers squandered a 17-point lead then erased an eight-point Denver fourth-quarter advantage and won to stand 42-25, third in the Western Conference, while the Nuggets fell to 41-27, sixth in the West. "That's the best I've ever seen the crowd here," Doncic said.