LEBRON DUNK SEALS LAKERS WIN
LOS ANGELES – LeBron James scored 26 points and dunked for the winning basket in the final seconds, lifting the Los Angeles Lakers to a 107-106 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday night.
Kyle Kuzma added 18 points for the Lakers’ fifth win in six games.
Kuzma’s layup tied the game at 104all with 1:34 to go.
Kent Bazemore was called for a technical at the end of that play and Kuzma made the free throw for a 105104 lead.
Vince Carter dunked to put the Hawks back up 106-105.
James got fouled at the other end and missed both. But the Lakers got the offensive rebound and Kuzma charged into the paint amid three defenders for a shot from the left side. It missed.
James was waiting on the right, dunking for a 107-106 lead.
In Houston, James Harden scored a season-high 40 points and Chris Paul added 26 to help the Rockets to their first home win of the season, 115-103.
Clint Capela had 18 points and seven rebounds for the Rockets, who had lost the last two games of a season-long fivegame road trip, dropped their first four home games.
In New York, Terrence Ross scored 22 points, Nikola Vucevic had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and Orlando won its second straight and for the fourth time in five games, beating New York, 115-89.
Harlem native Mo Bamba played his first NBA game at Madison Square Garden and had 15 points and eight rebounds. Evan Fournier added 12 points for the Magic.
The Magic made a season-high 17 3-pointers off 42 attempts.
In Denver, Brook Lopez had a careerhigh eight 3-pointers and 28 points to help the Milwaukee Bucks snap an eightgame skid in Denver with a 121-114 win.
All five Bucks starters scored in double figures and four of them had 20 or more points in Milwaukee’s first win at the Pepsi Center since 2010.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 22 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. Khris Middleton had 21 points, and Malcom Brogdon added 20.
In Other NBA games, it was Hornets 113, Pistons 103; Trail Blazers 100, Celtics 94.