NBA on Christmas Day live results, updates, highlights, analysis: Lakers win a wild one

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Lakers-Warriors wasn’t all that thrilling of a game … until the final minutes

Austin Reaves drove past Andrew Wiggins to hit a layup with a second left as the Lakers beat the Warriors, 115-113, at Chase Center.

It was a back-and-forth game for the most part, but the Lakers went on a 7-0 run to go up 104-94 with 3:27 remaining in the fourth quarter.

Steph Curry willed Golden State back with consecutive 3s to tie the game at 113 as the Lakers completely fell asleep on defense on the second 3 with 6.3 seconds left.

That set up the big moment for Reaves, who finished with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for the Lakers, who were 4.5-point underdogs at BetMGM.

Curry led the Warriors with 38 points and 8 3-pointers, with Andrew Wiggins adding 21 points.

Newly acquired Dennis Schröder continued to struggle, shooting 3-of-10 from the floor for 11 points, but he did have five assists and did some good things defensively.

LeBron James was quiet down the stretch, but he did become the first player in NBA history to eclipse 500 career Christmas Day points, finishing Wednesday night’s game with 31 points, 10 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals.

Anthony Davis injured his ankle after playing seven minutes and didn’t return for the Lakers.

76ers present a holiday surprise

The Boston Celtics had a tough day at the office on Christmas Day.

The Celtics committed 12 turnovers to the 76ers’ six as Philadelphia won 118-114 at TD Garden

Despite outrebounding Philadelphia 51-39 and shooting 40.8% (20-of-49) from 3, Boston got to the free-throw line just 13 times, making eight, and struggled to contain Tyrese Maxey, who finished with 33 points on 12-of-23 shooting and had 12 assists and three steals.

Joel Embiid had 27 points (8-of-15 shooting) and nine rebounds in 30 minutes, and Caleb Martin had 23 points on 8-of-11 shooting (7-of-9 from 3) for the 76ers, who were 10.5-point underdogs at BetMGM.

Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum combined for eight turnovers as the Celtics just couldn’t find their rhythm, and the dynamic duo went long stretches without having a great impact. The pair combined for 55 points, 22 rebounds and eight assists…

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Publish date : 2024-12-25 15:50:00

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