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Lakers hold off late Suns rally for Game 3 win, 2-1 series lead

LeBron James walked down the court in front of the rich and famous courtside in Staples Center, one finger in the air, tallying the latest Lakers points — this time coming on a bucket from Anthony Davis after a pinpoint James assist.

He wasn’t done adding them up.

After both teams struggled to put the ball in the basket in the previous quarter, the third belonged to Davis — the Lakers’ star too strong and too skilled for a Suns defense that again couldn’t contain him.

And with James bulldozing the Suns’ defense, the Lakers stars outshone anything Phoenix could put together.