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Tyrese Maxey scored 16 points as the 76ers defeated the Utah
Jazz and Lakers on consecutive nights. The Sixers won for the
seventh time in their past nine games.
LeBron James scored 35 points with 10 assists for the Lakers,
while reaching the 38,000-point mark for his career on a
first-quarter basket. James is one of just two players to reach
the scoring plateau as he closes in on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's NBA
record 38,387 points.
Russell Westbrook scored 20 points with 14 rebounds and 11
assists for the Lakers in his fourth triple-double of the
season.
Los Angeles lost its third consecutive game but has been far
more competitive while going 5-3 since Dec. 30. James has played
six of those eight games and has scored at least 30 points in
four of them.
James looked determined early, scoring 16 points in the first
quarter and reaching 38,001 points on a jumper from the top of
the key with 5:43 remaining in the opening period. But the 76ers
led 33-32 after one quarter as Embiid scored 14 points.
In a tight game throughout, the Lakers led 58-57 at halftime
before the 76ers went ahead 86-83 through three quarters.
The Lakers' Dennis Schroder made a driving layup for a 109-108
lead with 1:42 remaining, before Georges Niang's 3-pointer with
1:27 on the clock put the Sixers up 111-109. A Lakers turnover
led to Embiid's basket from just inside the free-throw line for
a 113-109 Philadelphia advantage.
Los Angeles pulled within a point on a 3-pointer from Troy Brown
Jr. with 37 seconds left and got the ball back after an Embiid
miss. But they were unable to win in the closing seconds as
Westbrook lost the handle on a go-ahead layup bid at the buzzer.
Tobias Harris scored 15 points for the Sixers. Wenyen Gabriel
scored 14 points for the Lakers, while Brown added 13 and Thomas
Bryant had 10.
--Field Level Media
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