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NBA: LeBron James pours in 34 as Lakers beat Bucks

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Field Level Media/Reuters

<p>LeBron James scored a season-high 34 points to help keep the Los Angeles Lakers undefeated on the road this season with a 113-106 win against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">LeBron with the dagger. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LakersWin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LakersWin</a><br/><br/>(📺: <a href="https://twitter.com/SpectrumSN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpectrumSN</a> &amp; TNT) <a href="https://t.co/a0rxjyIPsH">pic.twitter.com/a0rxjyIPsH</a></p>— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/1352453993809645570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The Lakers extended their franchise-best road start to 8-0.</p><p>Los Angeles&#x27; Kentavious Caldwell-Pope made a season-high seven 3-pointers on 10 attempts in a 23-point night, and Anthony Davis had 18 points and nine rebounds. James shot 6-for-10 from 3-point range and added eight assists for the Lakers in the opener of a seven-game road trip.</p><p>Montrezl Harrell added 12 points off the bench for Los Angeles, which shot 19 of 37 (51.4 percent) from 3-point distance.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Trez off the trampoline!<br/><br/>(📺: <a href="https://twitter.com/SpectrumSN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpectrumSN</a> &amp; TNT) <a href="https://t.co/V0kEWk5lYI">pic.twitter.com/V0kEWk5lYI</a></p>— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/1352450633341620225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Giannis Antetokounmpo had 25 points and 12 rebounds, Jrue Holiday added 22 points and seven assists and Khris Middleton scored 20 for Milwaukee, which lost its second straight. Antetokounmpo committed a career-high nine turnovers.</p><p>The Lakers led 86-81 after three quarters, and they increased the gap to 96-85 on a Markieff Morris 3-pointer with 8:42 t go. However, the Bucks pulled back within two with 3:05 left on a Middleton layup.</p><p>Alex Caruso sank a 3-pointer to move Los Angeles ahead 108-101 with 1:42 remaining. After an Antetokounmpo layup, James hit a deep 3-pointer to beat the shot clock and move the Lakers ahead 111-103 with 1:04 remaining, and Milwaukee was out of comebacks.</p><p>Caldwell-Pope, who came into the game second third in the NBA in 3-point percentage at 53.7 percent, hit a 35-footer at the buzzer to cap an 11-2 run to close the first half and give the Lakers a 63-57 lead at the break.</p><p>Caldwell-Pope and James made 3-pointers to start the second half and give the Lakers their first double-digit lead at 69-57.</p><p>The Bucks came back with a 7-0 run and continued to stay close in the third quarter despite two more treys from Caldwell-Pope.</p><p>The Bucks led by as many as seven in the first quarter before taking a 33-29 lead into the second.</p><div><strong>--Field Level Media</strong></div><div><strong>FROM OUR ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BFJl63C0A0w?enablejsapi=1"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>LeBron James scored a season-high 34 points to help keep the Los Angeles Lakers undefeated on the road this season with a 113-106 win against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night.</p>

LeBron James scored a season-high 34 points to help keep the Los Angeles Lakers undefeated on the road this season with a 113-106 win against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night.