The Los Angeles Lakers continue to struggle without Anthony Davis and the Washington Wizards continue their stretch of strong play over the last two weeks, as the Wizards stormed back from a 17-point deficit in the second half to defeat the Lakers on Monday night, 127-124 in overtime.
While LeBron James had a big stat line with 31 points, 13 assists, and nine rebounds on an efficient 14 of 29 from the field, but he will likely want one play back from his night. With nine seconds left in regulation, James missed what could have been a go-ahead free-throw on a 3-point play opportunity. The Wizards missed a good look from Bradley Beal on the next possession, so it wouldn’t be a huge stretch to think James could have won them the game in regulation.
In the overtime, Beal and Westbrook scored all 12 points for the Wizards while the Lakers missed two good opportunities to send the game into double-overtime on the last possession of OT. Nevertheless, the Lakers suffered another loss and have fallen to 3rd place in the Western Conference, behind the Los Angeles Clippers.