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Dave Mcmenamin
Los Angeles-The double doubles of 30 points from LeBron James and Luka Doncic could have jumped the box score after the extra victory of the extra time of 113-109 of Los Angeles Lakers over the New York Knicks on Thursday, but the Los Angeles stars said the victory belonged to their support elder.
“I think Gabe [Vincent] He won the game with those three 3 in the last quarter, “Doncic said about the team’s backup shipowner.
The Lakers followed up to 10 like 10 in the fourth quarter, only the second time during their eight -game winning streak, two digits were going down to an opponent, when Vincent caught fire.
Vincent, who lost almost all last season with a knee injury, hit his first 3 of the rooms to reduce the advantage of the Knicks to five with 5:59 remaining. His next 3, with remaining 2:55, cut the deficit of one. His third, with 1:21 for touring, gave the Lakers a 99-96 advantage, the first time they were awake from the second quarter.
“It’s part of why I’m here,” said Vincent. “Part of why I am here is what I have done in those moments at the end of the season. So he only tries to take the experience I have had and built and only try to move forward with the winning games.”
The Lakers signed Vincent with a three -year contract in the summer of 2023 when he came from a NBA final with the Miami Heat. While the injuries derailed the beginning of his mandate of Laker, he has been a valuable interpreter for the change of the Lakers this season in the defensive wing, classifying the number 1 in defensive efficiency in the League since January 30.
Doncic finished with 32 points, 12 assists, 7 rebounds and 4 robberies and scored the first five points of the extra time. James had 31 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists and played 44 of 53 minutes at age 40.
But Vincent’s 12 points were the seven points of the rookie Dalton Knecht, the seven points of Trey Jemison III of Trey Jemison III and four rebounds and the eight points of the initial center of Jaxson Hayes, five rebounds, two blocks and two free throws to give the two -point advantage with less than a minute in extra time that received the praise more praise in the box.
“There are no non -key players in this team,” James said. “Everyone is key. And all those who enter the floor have a role and enter and coincide with that. And I thought that our bank gave us a great elevator once again and Gabe was highlighting it, he was spectacular. His work both in the defensive wing and in his shooting, we need it.”
The (40-21) starts a four-game road trip on Saturday against the defense champions and the rival of the Boston Celtics franchise.
Austin Reaves, who returned from an absence of two games of an injury in the right hamstrings and fought with a shot night of 2 by 13, said that the nature of the victory says a lot in what type of team the Lakers are becoming.
“We probably shouldn’t have won that game,” Reaves said. “It’s special not to play as you want and still go out and win.”
