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LeBron James scores 35 points in Lakers’ win
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Anthony Davis finished with 34 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists

LeBron James scored 35 points and Anthony Davis added 34 points and 15 rebounds to help the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Detroit Pistons 124-117 on Sunday night.

“LeBron really came in with a focus to finish the right way,” Lakers coach Darvin Ham said. “He was leading the charge and would not allow this game to get away from us.”

Davis finished with seven assists as the Lakers overcame 38 points from Bojan Bogdanovic to end a three-game losing streak.

Lonnie Walker IV notched 18 points for Los Angeles and Russell Westbrook scored 11 points and added nine assists.

“This was a must-win for us, because we wanted to have a successful road trip — at least .500,” Davis said. “The last game is always the toughest to win.”

Rookie Jaden Ivey had 16 points for Detroit, who suffered their third consecutive loss.

“There are a lot of things you can’t control in a game — they came in shooting 28% on threes and they shot 42% tonight — but we have to get better at the other things,” Pistons coach Dwane Casey said.

“We can control boxing out and understanding rotations – we get caught up in the game and lose our focus.”

“We fought all night long, but I think we had too many mistakes in the first half,” Bogdanovic said. “We must have given them 10 easy back-door layups and dunks, and that breaks your defense.”