On the 3rd, Beijing time, the NBA Lakers faced the Clippers at home, and the team relied on Doncic to score 29 points and 9 assists, winning 6 consecutive wins with 108:102, and the post-game record came to 38-21, replacing the Nuggets to climb to the second place in the West.

Doncic (right), James (left)

The Lakers defeated the Clippers 106-102 the day before yesterday under the leadership of Doncic with 31 points, and the two teams met again on the 3rd after a day of break, which was also the final chapter of the regular season in Los Angeles this season. In addition, James scored 41,820 points in the regular season and 8,162 points in the playoffs before the game, and only needs to score another 18 points today to create a career milestone of 50,000 points.

The Lakers lost two big players in this game, Japanese forward Hachimura continued to miss due to a knee injury, and Reaves, who retired early due to a calf strain in the previous game, could not play, but in the first quarter, Doncic was able to score 12 points inside and outside to establish a 34:28 advantage, and in the second quarter, Knight put a cold arrow on the outside, and the Clippers felt even more bleak, scoring only 15 points in a single quarter, and the Purple and Gold Army took a 56-43 lead after the first half.

The Lakers stepped up their firepower after the basket and once extended their lead to 21 points, and the Clippers relied on Harden's output to play an 8-0 offensive counterattack at the end of the quarter to narrow the gap to single digits in the final quarter. James broke the net outside the bottom 7 minutes, leaving only 1 point away from 50,000 points, but perhaps because he wanted to help James set a record, the Lakers team's offensive rhythm in the final quarter was chaotic, and the Clippers gradually chased the score.

James rewarded Dunn with a key soul-chasing pot when the Lakers led by five points in the final 30 seconds, although he was whistled for blocking the layup at the beginning, but the Lakers successfully challenged, and then Finneysmith grabbed a defensive rebound and made 1 of 2 free throws to help the team take away the victory by 6 points.

James finished with 17 points and 9 assists, just one point shy of the 50,000-point milestone, Kon Knight also scored 19 points, and the Clippers had Reynard with 33 points, Dunn with 15 points, and Harden with 13 points and 8 assists.