To make matters worse, the Pacers fans began trolling the Lakers' young players with chants such as "Bron's gonna trade you!" and "You're not worth trading!" He had 24 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists in that game, when the Lakers had hoped to keep James to 32-35 minutes but needed him in overtime.
The Pacers, meanwhile, remained focused on regrouping.
IN had been on a torrid run after Victor Oladipo went down with a season-ending injury last month.
They made it look easy, too.
Bojan Bogdanovic began the game on fire for the Pacers, scoring their first 10 points to lead a 10-2 run. Myles Turner added 22 points while Domantas Sabonis, Edmund Sumner and Aaron Holiday each scored 17. They looked like the team that had played a competitive game on the road the night before, not the Pacers, and that's before mentioning IN is without its best player IN Victor Oladipo.
MLB Free Agent Rumors: Giants Meet With Bryce Harper
The real question is, do the Giants believe Harper is a once-in-a-generation talent that is worth breaking the bank for? Despite being that, he hasn't signed over the past several months since the end of the World Series in October.
Lakers: Played without Lonzo Ball (sprained left ankle) and Josh Hart (left patella tendinitis).
LeBron James became the fifth player in National Basketball Association history to pass 32,000 points and fell to the biggest defeat of his career on the same night.
The Los Angeles Lakers' season is at a severe crossroads. Lance Stephenson had 13 points while Kyle Kuzma and Brandon Ingram each had 12. The Pacers have won four games this season by 30 or more points, matching their highest single-season total since 1993-94. "The bottom line is we've got to be better And we will be". "We've got to keep going".
Up next is a three-game road trip that includes stops in Boston, Philadelphia and Atlanta, starting with a nationally televised showdown against the Celtics on Thursday night.
Amid other reports suggesting the Grizzlies are poised to ship Gasol to the Hornets the Spanish center didn't play for Memphis as they hosted the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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