NEW YORK, NY—The New York Knicks came at the King and they missed. LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers entered Madison Square Garden in search of a bounce-back win, but the Lakers played more like a middle-of-the-pack team than a first-place squad.
Sure, James and Anthony Davis combined for 49 points, but it wasn’t the completely dominating performance from start to finish one might expect from the vaunted Lakers. King James notched his 19th point with 5:11 left in the second quarter and he would only score two more points the rest of the way.