ORLANDO (REUTERS) - Anthony Davis scored 42 points and grabbed 12 rebounds on Monday (Aug 3), and the Los Angeles Lakers clinched the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference play-offs with a 116-108 victory over the Utah Jazz at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ORLANDO - Anthony Davis scored 42 points and grabbed 12 rebounds on Monday , and the Los Angeles Lakers clinched the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference play-offs with a 116-108 victory over the Utah Jazz at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando.
Donovan Mitchell scored 33 points, 21 of which came in the first half, and Mike Conley added 24 as the Jazz lost their second consecutive game after winning the opening game of the NBA's return in central Florida on Thursday. In their three games of the restart, the Lakers have not faced a team below the top four spots in either conference. They defeated the Western Conference's second-placed team, the Los Angeles Clippers, on Thursday before falling to the Raptors, the No. 2 team in the East.
The Lakers shot 50 per cent from the field on Monday and 34.6 per cent from three-point range, one game after shooting 35.4 per cent and 25 per cent in those categories respectively.
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