{"id":432956,"date":"2023-04-10T00:46:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T04:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=432956"},"modified":"2023-04-10T00:46:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T04:46:00","slug":"lakers-beat-jazz-128-117-to-set-match-up-against-timberwolves","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/lakers-beat-jazz-128-117-to-set-match-up-against-timberwolves\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers beat Jazz 128-117 to set match-up against Timberwolves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Utah Jazz 128-117 on Sunday afternoon to set a play-in tournament game against the Minnesota Timberwolves.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That&#39;s a wrap on regular season. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U98MNgqL7E\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/U98MNgqL7E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lakers\/status\/1645180997196193792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThe star player was unquestionably LeBron James, who bagged home 36 points, along with eight 3-pointers from 14 attempts.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Davis finished the game with 16 points, 13 rebounds, 4 blocks and 3 steals. Six Lakers players managed to bag a double-figure points.<\/p>\n<p>With this win, the Los Angeles team clinched the 7th best record in the Western Conference. If they are victorious against Minnesota they will be officialy the seventh-seeded team in the West playoffs structure.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers had a very poor start to the season, but managed to turn things around as they look to re-establish themselves as a top-tier team after missing the playoffs last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe obviously had a very, very slow start,\u201d James said, referring to LA&#8217;s worrisome 2-10 start to the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had games that we could have won, we had games that we should have won. We had some things that didn\u2019t go our way. 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