Washington Wizards @ Los Angeles Lakers
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM ET
Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA | Game ID: 22400610
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
LAL 29 30 30 22 111WAS 23 26 28 11 88
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LeBron has a triple-double 1 day after cheering on Buckeyes in Atlanta. Lakers beat Wizards 111-88
LOS ANGELES -- — LeBron James had 21 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds one day after flying to Atlanta and back to watch a football game on his day off, and the Los Angeles Lakers sent the Washington Wizards to their 11th consecutive defeat with a 111-88 victory Tuesday night.
James recorded his 121st career triple-double and his ninth of the season. The top scorer in NBA history showed no ill effects from his long trip Monday to watch his Ohio State Buckeyes' College Football Playoff championship game victory over Notre Dame.
Anthony Davis had 29 points and 16 rebounds for Los Angeles. Dorian Finney-Smith hit four 3-pointers while scoring 16 points, and Austin Reaves added 16.
Bilal Coulibaly scored 17 points for the Wizards, who haven't won since New Year's Day. Jordan Poole and Corey Kispert had 15 points apiece for Washington, which dropped to 1-18 on the road midway through a six-game trip.
Bronny James played the final 1:59.
Takeaways Wizards: Coulibaly had his highest-scoring performance in January, while Kyle Kuzma had 12 points and nine rebounds against his former team.
Lakers: They had periods of struggle, but they didn't trail in the final 44 minutes and mostly handled their business against the NBA's worst team. Los Angeles reached the midway point of its schedule at 23-18.
Key moment James scored 10 points in the second quarter while the Lakers pulled away. He then completed his triple-double with 3:19 to play, and the Lakers immediately called timeout to get him and Davis out of the game.
Key stat James got his 2,308th career steal in the second quarter, passing Scottie Pippen for seventh place in NBA history. He finished the game with 2,309. Maurice Cheeks is sixth with 2,310.
Up next The Lakers host the Celtics on Thursday, and the Wizards drive down the 110 freeway to face the Clippers on Thursday.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
LALAD A. Davis
AR A. Reaves
BJ B. James
DF D. Finney-Smith
DK D. Knecht
GV G. Vincent
JH J. Hayes
LJ L. James
MC M. Christie
RH R. Hachimura
TJ T. Jemison III
WASAG A. Gill
AS A. Sarr
BC B. Carrington
BC B. Coulibaly
CK C. Kispert
JC J. Champagnie
JD J. Davis
JP J. Poole
JV J. Valančiūnas
KG K. George
KK K. Kuzma
TV T. Vukcevic
LAL/WAS the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur