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Anthony Davis sizzles, LeBron James closes in Lakers thriller over Clippers

There’s chatter about LeBron James challenging overwhelming favorite Giannis Antetokounmpo for NBA MVP.

There’s a real battle on the Los Angeles Lakers for who deserves the honors for the team.

Anthony Davis looked every bit the part for much of Thursday’s 103-101 NBA bubble debut win over the Los Angeles Clippers. The Lakers forward dominated the scoreboard and sizzled in a third-quarter rally that lifted the Lakers past their crosstown rivals in what very well could be a Western Conference finals preview.

His back-to-back 3-pointers late in the third quarter punctuated a 17-5 run that gave the Lakers a 72-71 lead and stopped the bleeding of what started out as a dominant Clippers stanza.