Lakers superstar duo show why they can wage title run in dominant thrashing of Kings https://t.co/DaVXSKJQkm
— LakerTom (@LakerTom) October 27, 2024
It may only be three games into the 2024-25 NBA season, but LeBron James and Anthony Davis showed why they’re more than capable of leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a championship come June with their towering performances against the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night.
They were two of six Lakers players who scored in double figures on the affair. Against a talented Kings team with title aspirations of their own, L.A. made a statement as a team, from the top down.
Davis is now averaging 34 points, 11 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 2.3 blocks per game and looks like an early candidate to come out on top of the first NBA MVP ladder once a large enough sample size is seen from the league’s best, as he’s led Los Angeles to a 3-0 start to the campaign, good for the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference.
Meanwhile, James is comfortably settled into his role as L.A.’s No. 2 option offensively, with 23 points and 7.3 assists to his name thus far. He’s also taken a modest 17 field goal attempts per game by his standards — his lowest average for his career.
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