{"id":479884,"date":"2024-03-09T03:47:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T07:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=479884"},"modified":"2024-03-09T03:47:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T07:47:31","slug":"dangelo-russell-nets-season-high-44-as-lakers-edge-bucks-123-122","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/dangelo-russell-nets-season-high-44-as-lakers-edge-bucks-123-122\/","title":{"rendered":"D&#8217;Angelo Russell nets season-high 44 as Lakers edge Bucks 123-122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>D&#8217;Angelo Russell showcased a season-high performance with 44 points and nine assists, securing a 123-122 victory for the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/los-angeles-lakers\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/los-angeles-lakers\/\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a><\/a> against the visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/milwaukee-bucks\/\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a>. Russell&#8217;s go-ahead floater with 5.9 seconds left sealed the win.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Davis contributed 22 points and 13 rebounds, while Austin\u00a0Reaves added 18 points, helping the Lakers achieve a 4-2 record since February 28. Despite LeBron James&#8217; absence due to a left ankle injury, the Lakers improved to 5-4 in games without him this season.<\/p>\n<p>Rui Hachimura contributed 12 points, and Spencer Dinwiddie, with just five points, made a crucial defensive play by blocking Damian Lillard&#8217;s potential go-ahead shot at the buzzer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\">Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a><\/a> recorded a triple-double with 34 points, 14 rebounds, and 12 assists for the Bucks, but it wasn&#8217;t enough to prevent their second consecutive loss after a six-game winning streak. Lillard added 28 points and 12 assists, while Pat Connaughton scored 17 points, and Malik Beasley and Bobby Portis each contributed 14.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers took control in the third quarter, leading by as many as nine points and entering the final period with a 96-90 advantage. Although the Bucks managed to pull even at 103-103, Russell&#8217;s heroics, including his eighth 3-pointer, propelled the Lakers to a 108-103 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee made a comeback with a 13-2 run, securing a 118-112 lead with 1:54 remaining. However, Russell&#8217;s three-point play brought the Lakers within one at 122-121 with 39.4 seconds left. In a thrilling finish, the Lakers clinched the victory without LeBron James on the court.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LAFTJHCPBJk?si=bwb_HMD58cV4QtGT\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D&#8217;Angelo Russell showcased a season-high performance with 44 points and nine assists, securing a 123-122 victory for the Los Angeles Lakers against the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":479885,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[21945,16970,16726],"news_category":[16706,14084],"gn_keywords":[21946,17645,17841],"acf":{"announce":"Anthony Davis contributed 22 points and 13 rebounds for the win that came with 5.9 seconds left on the clock","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/479884"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/479884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":479887,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/479884\/revisions\/479887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479884"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=479884"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=479884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}