South Bay Lakers recap: G League Lakers get back into the win column
After their 12-game winning streak was snapped on Tuesday, the G League Lakers got back on track on Friday.
The South Bay Lakers' 12-game winning streak was snapped on Tuesday when they lost 133-126 to the Rip City Remix in Portland. On Friday, they returned home to UCLA Health Training Center and looked to get back on track against the Grand Rapids Gold. South Bay surged ahead 24-17 in the first quarter and withstood a brief run by Grand Rapids to take a double-digit lead in the second quarter.
It led 86-82 going into the fourth quarter and was in danger of another loss, but its defense took care of things afterward. The Lakers held Grand Rapids to 16 points in the fourth quarter, which allowed them to pull away for a 111-98 victory. Overall, the Lakers allowed Grand Rapids to shoot just 40.
9% from the field, and no one on the Gold reached 20 points individually. For the Lakers, reserve guard Tevian Jones scored 25 points on 10-of-17 field-goal shooting, and starting guard R. J.
Davis also had 25 points. Center Malik Williams registered 22 points, 13 rebounds and three assists, and power forward Anton Watson had 11 points, 10 rebounds, six assists, three steals and two blocks. With a 23-9 record, South Bay is on top of the G League's Western Conference and has a one-game lead over the second-place Mexico City Capitanes.