![]() ![]() “It's always fun playing against another great big,” Davis said. He slammed a roll of tape left on the stanchion with TV equipment.ĭavis dunked late in the third to keep the Lakers within nine, then had a twisting block on the baseline of another Embiid shot. Russell Westbrook turned the ball over late in the first half when his pass to seemingly nobody went out of bounds. And Davis drew a foul against Embiid on the play.ĭavis, though, can’t carry the Lakers alone and the Lakers looked lost at times without him. He even blocked Embiid’s jumper, then came right down and hit one over the All-Star center. If the wrist bothered him, it sure didn’t show.ĭavis went of 10 of 13 in the first half - the Lakers made 20 buckets - for 23 points. He hurt his right wrist on a fall in the first half and needed a quick trip to the locker room for an X-ray and to get taped up. With James absent, Davis kept the Lakers competitive in his second game back after missing 17 with a sprained left knee. ![]() We definitely want to take advantage of these moments.” “It sucks not having him but it gives us a chance to see what we have without him. “He's a big part of what we're trying to do,” Davis said. James is second in the league in scoring at 29.1 points per game, on pace for his highest average since the 2009-10 season, and has scored at least 25 points in 18 straight games. The 37-year-old James is day to day with a sore left knee. Tobias Harris scored 23 points and Ty Maxey had 14 points and 10 assists.Īnthony Davis scored 31 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the Lakers. “He's doing everything for us on and off the floor,” coach Doc Rivers said.Īt least he had teammates to pick up the slack. This is what counts these days as a subpar game for Embiid: He missed all five 3-pointers and was only 8 of 13 from the free throw line. “I was not very good tonight, so I was happy my teammates were able to pick me up,” Embiid said. The 76ers got it even with Joel Embiid having an off night by his own MVP-type standards.Įmbiid had 26 points and nine rebounds, leading Philadelphia to a 105-87 victory over a Los Angeles Lakers team playing without LeBron James on Thursday night. The rapper capped his impromptu remarks with “good win!” PHILADELPHIA - Meek Mill crashed a 76ers press conference and gave a shoutout to his favorite team. NBA, Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers Embiid scores 26, leads 76ers past LeBron-less Lakers 105-87 ![]()
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