THE Cleveland Cavaliers improved his best NBA record to 29-4 with a victory of 122 to 110 on the Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday evening.
Lakers coach JJ Redick has certainly been impressed with what he’s seen from the Cavs, who have won eight straight and 12 of their last 13. He told reporters after the match that “a basketball close to perfection“We have to play to beat Cleveland this season.
JJ Redick says you have to play “near perfect basketball” if you hope to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers this season.
– Dave McMenamin (@mcten) January 1, 2025
Jarrett Allen scored 27 points with 14 rebounds and three blocks against a Lakers frontcourt that could probably use some help alongside Anthony Davis. Evan Mobley added 20 points and six rebounds.
In the rear area, Donovan Mitchell dropped 26 points (shooting 6 of 13 in 3s) with four rebounds and four assists, followed by Garland of DariusIt’s 14 points and 14 points. In his best game since returning from a right ankle injury, Max Strus scored 15 points while shooting 4 of 8 from 3-point range.
The Lakers may not have played perfect basketball against the Cavs, but they cut Cleveland’s lead to 112-107 on a tie game. LeBron James 3 points with 2:50 left in the fourth quarter. However, the Cavaliers closed the game with a score of 10-3.
Austin Reaves led the Lakers with 35 points (tying his career high), nine assists and 10 rebounds, shooting 12 of 13 from the free throw line. Davis scored 28 points and grabbed 13 rebounds with four assists, three steals and two blocks. And in his first game since turning 40 on Monday, James added 23 points with four rebounds and seven assists against his former team.
James became the first NBA player to appear in a game between his teens and his 40s. according to Associated Press.
In his early days with the Lakers, Dorian Finney Smith scored two points, getting a putback dunk on a Davis miss in the first quarter. Shake MiltonAlso part of the trade who sent D’Angelo Russell At Brooklyn filletscontributed six points.
With the loss, the Lakers fall to 18-14 and are in seventh place in the Western Conference. Then they welcome the Portland Trail Blazers THURSDAY. The Cavaliers finish their road trip with a Friday matchup with the Dallas Mavericks.
