Lakers vs. Wizard’s End result: Lakers Rout Wizards without Davis

On January 31, 2025By Littum

Lakers handed over Washington Wizards Their 16th loss in a row with a blowout victory Thursday night, 134-96.

LeBron James scored 24 points and had 11 assists. Rui Hachimura had 22 points with four rebounds. Jaxson Hayes slipped into the beginning five instead of Anthony Davis and ended up with 10 points, 10 rebounds, two assists and three blocks.

Austin Reaves had 17 Points, six rebounds and five assists. Max Christie had 13 points with four rebounds and three assists.

Shake Milton noted 21 points and grabbed four rebounds with four assists and two steals in his best show as a varnish. JARRED VANDERBILT struck in with four points, seven rebounds, four steals and two assists. Dalton Knecht had 10 points.

A couple of free kicks by Jaxson opened things offensively to Lakers. Rui had a strong start to his previous team and scored five early points. Former Laker Kyle Kuzma knocked two 3-Pointers down.

In the first timeout, LA was only up by one.

LeBron drained a logo 3-pointer to expand Los Angeles’ growing lead. After missing his first attempt behind the arch, Max scored on his second attempt and forced a timeout by Washington.

Vando saw a little playing time and had an immediate influence. His steal led to a hook shot of Trey Jemison III at the other end. At the end of the first, Lakers was up at. 13.

Rui wore its strong start from the first quarter well into the second and converted on a jump shot and a 3-pointer. LeBron assisted on two dunks, one of Jaxson and one of Rui who forced a timeout of the wizards. Los Angeles’ leader to 18.

The wizards struggled to score were missing a lot of good shots. The energy and pace were for Lakers who continued to build on their great lead. Jaxson was a perfect four to four from the field to 10 points.

Jordan Poole scored on an impressive scoop shot under the arm of Jaxson, who was only his third made shots of the game.

Shake Milton, who has struggled to find playing time, played productive minutes in this half, defending well and scored nine points. With five minutes left until the break, Lakers were up to 61 points.

The whole half belonged to the purple and gold as they led with 33 at the break.

Half Time: Lakers 78, Wizards 45

LeBron has 17 points and 9 assists. Rui has 17 points. Jaxson Hayes has 10 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks – it was his best half of the season. AR has 11 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Shake Milton has 9 points. LA has a 151.2 discount. Assessment.

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The second half began with both teams missing their first shot attempts. The wizards then began to score with a can of Jonas. Kuz was buried after making a shot and ending and-1.

Ruis hot shooting continued with another 3-pointer. A block of Rui led LeBron to be buried on a bank shot he made and finished and-1.

Washington had a stretch where they scored a few points, including a nice can of Richaun Holmes, but it didn’t matter because the whole quarter belonged to Lakers.

La reached 100 points. Vando’s defensive presence was everywhere again, stole the ball and went to Dalton, who was buried and knocked down both free kicks.

At the end of the third, Los Angeles was up 35.

Like Tuesday, but with a very different mood, the fourth quarter happened.

Key Takeaways:

Washington Wizards is not a good basketball team at all.

Laker’s next match will be Saturday against New York Knicks At. 17:30 pt.

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