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Luka Doncic finishes with 31 points and LeBron James finishes with 29 points as Lakers cap their Eastern Conference trip with a 112-108 win over Philadelphia.
The 19-1 Thunder are currently the favorites to win the 2025 NBA Cup (-125 at FanDuel ). The Bucks won the competition last year, and the Lakers won the initial version in 2023.
Luka Doncic and LeBron James helped the Lakers secure a 112–108 road victory vs. the Philadelphia 76ers at Wells Fargo Center.
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James hits go-ahead 3 and scores 29 points, Doncic has triple-double in Lakers’ win over 76ers
LeBron James hit a late go-ahead 3-pointer and scored 29 points, Luka Doncic had a triple-double and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Philadelphia 76ers 112-108 on Sunday night.
We're literally one of the worst shooting teams in the NBA right now," JJ Redick said after his team beat the Jazz to improve to 12-4.
The Boston Celtics, still without Jayson Tatum, are lurking in the Eastern Conference and have won five in a row and 10 of their last 12 games.
Milwaukee bounced back from an ugly 2-8 start to the season to find its footing in NBA Cup games and went on a run behind Giannis Antetokounmpo. He lifted them to the Cup Finals against Oklahoma City, where Antetokounmpo had a 26-point triple-double, completely controlling the game on both ends of the court.
Austin Reaves bemoaned his performance but noted that the Los Angeles Lakers' offense is good enough to win even when he plays poorly.