Austin Reaves scored a career-high 38 points, LeBron James had 29 and the Los Angeles Lakers held on to beat the Brooklyn Nets 102-101.
For Lakers rookie Bronny James, the game was extra special as he got reunited with Nets forward Ziaire Williams, his former teammate at Sierra Canyon School in Los Angeles. After the matchup, James and Williams exchanged jerseys and posed for a picture. The Lakers guard posted it on his Instagram story.
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We've got another exciting interconference matchup on Friday's NBA schedule as the Los Angeles Lakers will host the Brooklyn Nets. Los Angeles is 21-17 overall and 13-6 at home, while Brooklyn is 14-27 overall and 9-15 on the road.
Point-spread: Nets (+11.5) Over/Under: 216.5 Nets : OUT: Bojan Bogdanovic (foot), Maxwell Lewis (tibia), De’Anthony Melton (knee), Cam Thomas (hamstring), Trendon Watford (hamstring), and Dariq Whitehead (G League). QUESTIONABLE: Cam Johnson (ankle).
Russell has appeared in six of the Nets' 11 games after joining the team in a Dec. 29 trade from the Los Angeles Lakers. The 28-year-old has averaged 13.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, 8.0 assists and 1.7 steals per game on 41.7 percent shooting from the field and 36.7 percent from three.
The Los Angeles Lakers head to down the hall to face the Los Angeles Clippers in a Western Conference matchup that was previously known as 'the Hallway Series' due to these two teams once sharing Staples Center. The Lakers are 21-17, which puts them in sixth place. The Clippers are 23-17, which puts them in fifth place.
Brooklyn will try to end its seven-game home slide when the Nets play New York. The teams play Tuesday for the first time this season.
MIAMI Heat forward, Jimmy Butler, returned from a seven-match suspension as his side lost 133-113 to the Denver Nuggets. The 35-year-old was sidelined earlier
Lakers star Anthony Davis was a notable addition to the team’s injury report ahead of their game against the Wizards.