Saturday 31 October 2020
The team’s leader scored a triple-double and was named Finals MVP.
The Lakers still lead Miami Heat 3-2 in the series and can secure the title with a game-six victory on Sunday.
Anthony Davis and LeBron James combined for 50 points as the Lakers took a 3-1 series lead.
The Heat secured their first win of the NBA Finals series.
After a 10-year absence from the championship series, the Lakers returned with a vengeance.
The Celtics lost the Eastern Conference final for the third time in four years.
They’ll meet the winner of the Eastern Conference decider between Miami Heat and Boston Celtics.
“We know what’s at stake: We lose and go home,” Boston’s Jayson Tatum said after the game.
The Canadian posted 32 points for the Nuggets, but the Lakers maintained a comfortable lead.
The win moved them to within one victory of an NBA finals berth which they will try to secure in game five on Friday.
The LA Lakers’ series lead is cut to 2-1 with game four on Thursday.
The former basketball star also owns the Charlotte Hornets NBA team.
A shot on the hooter from Davis gave LA a 105-103 win over the Denver Nuggets.
The Celtics avoided falling into an 0-3 hole from which no team has rallied to win a best-of-seven series.
The Lakers started quickly in the Western Conference final.
The Nuggets will face the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference finals.
Denver’s 111-98 win sets up a winner-take-all game seven on Tuesday.
James recorded 29 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists, while Anthony Davies chipped in with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
The Lakers kept James Harden to just 2 from 11 three-point attempts.
The Los Angeles Clippers are also just one win away from their conference finals after they defeated the Denver Nuggets 96-85.
LeBron James helped the Los Angeles Lakers to a 2-1 series lead over the Houston Rockets.
The Los Angeles Clippers also restored their series lead with victory over the Denver Nuggets in the night’s other game.
Elsewhere, the LA Lakers levelled their series with the Houston Rockets.
Both series are delicately poised.
Milwaukee had the best regular-season record but are on the verge of playoff exit.
Defending champions Toronto are back in the series after victory.
There was late drama in Orlando for a second successive night.
The Nuggets go on to face the Clippers.
Elsewhere, the Heat upset the Bucks.
Action from tonight’s NBA playoffs.
Many players arrived at the arenas wearing Black Lives Matter slogans on their t-shirts.
Several games were postponed following the shooting of unarmed African-American Jacob Blake by a police officer.
Donald Trump, meanwhile, says he doesn’t know much about the protest and criticised the league’s TV ratings.
Jacob Blake was shot seven times by a police officer in Wisconsin on Sunday.
The meeting followed the Milwaukee Bucks’ boycott of their first round playoff game against the Orlando Magic.
The Milwaukee Bucks did not show up on court for tonight’s game in protest at the shooting of unarmed African-American Jacob Blake in Wisconsin on Sunday.
The Colorado side fought back from a 63-54 deficit at half time to win by 10 and now trail 3-2 in the seven-game series.
The Lakers wore special black and yellow-trimmed “Black Mamba” jerseys to remember former Laker great Kobe Bryant who died in a helicopter crash seven months ago.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 31 points and Khris Middleton added 18 of his 21 in the fourth quarter.
The Mavs’ Luka Doncic nailed a three-pointer on the final buzzer to level their series with the Clippers, meanwhile.
