LeBron James made 2 free throws with 1.2 seconds left in the second overtime, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied from 15 points down in the third quarter to beat the Golden State Warriors 145-144 in double overtime.
The Lakers trailed 88-73 with 6:55 left in the third quarter. They were still down 114-105 with 3:58 left in the fourth quarter, with a 4.3% chance to win, and outscored the Warriors 40-30 the rest of the way.
During clutch time, the Lakers outscored the Warriors 36-30. James scored 12 of the Lakers’ 36 on 5 for 7 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. In the fourth quarter and overtime, Draymond Green had 6 of his 11 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Klay Thompson that tied the game. In that stretch, Andrew Wiggins had 2 steals, one of them leading to Stephen Curry’s 28-foot step-back 3-pointer that put the Warriors ahead 141-139, and the Warriors scored 3 points off them.
James had 36 points, a season-high 20 rebounds and 12 assists, his third triple-double of the season. Anthony Davis added 29 points (18 in the paint), 13 rebounds and 4 blocks, and D'Angelo Russell scored 28 points (8 during a 12-0 run in the fourth quarter) with 5 3-pointers. The Lakers had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Warriors, Curry had a season-high 46 points, 7 assists and 9 3-pointers, and Thompson added 24 points with 6 3-pointers. Wiggins scored 22 points on 8 for 12 shooting. Jonathan Kuminga had 22 points and 9 rebounds. The Warriors had 4 20-point scorers.
The Warriors made 23 3-pointers, 9 of them by Curry and 6 by Thompson. They got 11 offensive rebounds, about 6 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Lakers’ starters were outscored 43-24 in 13 minutes together. Wiggins and Thompson fouled out.