After two embarrassing losses to the New Orleans Pelicans and Memphis Grizzlies, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers redeemed themselves Wednesday night. It came against the Pelicans, who this time were playing with Anthony Davis.
Despite that, Lakers head coach Luke Walton went with a small-ball starting lineup featuring Kyle Kuzma at center in order to re-insert Rajon Rondo at point guard.
While the Lakers got off to a much better start, Davis and Julius Randle’s size started to become an issue as the Pelicans took the lead in the third quarter.
However, four consecutive dunks by Kuzma (three) and James (one) completely changed the momentum of the game.