Anthony Davis has monster games ending with 42 points in Lakers Win

Charlotte, NC – Lakers were perfect, Anthony Davis dominated everywhere on the basketball court, while the scoreboard crossed up their advantage on almost any possession. Lakers’ energy was out of the charts, the team in full control as it flew around and forced turns and missed shots. The offense was in perfect synchronization as it found either Davis or another open open to layups and dunks.

It was a team at its peak. But it only lasted 12 minutes.

Almost as fast as Lakers sprinted to the top of their powers on Monday in Charlotte, they fell into their depths, a 23-point lead of the first quarter that swindled all the way down to two in the fourth. Even without any real momentum for the last three quarters, Lakers managed to escape with a 112-107 Win In a game where they never pulled.

Davis ended with 42 points and 23 rebounds. His first quarter was a historic level of dominance. He made his first seven shots and scored 21 points while grabbing 11 rebounds. No one plays in the last 28 years (as far back as Stathead.com Quarterly data goes) a game of 21 points and 11 rebounds opened in the first quarter.

“He had it all going,” LeBron James said.

The 21 points and 11 rebounds were more than the entire Hornets team had in the first quarter.

“It’s an impressive game. Start by saying that, ”said Austin Reaves. “But it is perhaps the most impressive neighborhood of basketball I have ever seen an individual play. I felt we could almost have gone down and sat down and saw him doing what he is doing. “

They did it a little.

Charlotte, like Lakers coach JJ Redick predicted before the game, began launching three-pointers after Lakers closed the paint. Lamelo Ball’s second three early in the second quarter cut the lead to 16, but he rolled his ankle as he backwards down the field. He left the game and did not return and played only nine minutes.

However, the horns remained heat from deep, while Lakers’ execution at both ends of the court cratered. James airballed a three to end a possession. Davis was forced to shoot off one knee from 19 feet away to finish another.

Charlotte (12-31) cut the lead to eight at the break, aided by seven lacquers turnover in the second quarter alone. Fortunately, Davis continued to dominate.

“I just felt good,” Davis said.

Lakers (26-18) never fully regained their rhythm, only briefly in the second half, leaving the game grateful that they had built such a large pillow early.

“We played hard for four quarters. Now it wasn’t beautiful, but we played hard for four quarters, ”Redick said. “I think for me we made a lot of mental mistakes tonight. And look, I don’t know if it will come out on Saturday and the long flight yesterday and will be acclimated to the East Coast. Felt a little bit of brain fog, less than like guys not playing. The guys played hard tonight and guys were connected tonight. We just had a lot of mental mistakes. “

Lakers turned the ball over 19 times for 28 Charlotte points. They let the hornets serve eight triangles than they did. But even when Charlotte came within a possession, Lakers always came back.

“We didn’t come here to try to blow up anyone,” James said. “We came here to win the game. And we played hard from start to finish. “

Jarred Vanderbilt, who played his second game this season, had a key steal and thump in the fourth. Max Christie, who had been crossed with James on a previous possession of the fourth quarter, had a four-point game in front of the Charlotte bench.

And Dorian Finney-Smith punctured the game with a monster dunk over Charlotte’s Miles Bridges.

“It’s going on” Gram, “Davis said.