No Lebron, Lakers fall to Knicks
NEW YORK — Evan Fournier scored 26 points, Immanuel Quickley had 12 of his 14 in the fourth quarter after New York had blown a 25-point lead, and the Knicks beat a Los Angeles Lakers team missing suspended star Lebron James 106-100 on Tuesday night.
With one superstar suspended and another sick, the Lakers already had big problems. Then they created one more for themselves by falling into a 25-point hole.
Julius Randle added 20 points, 16 rebounds and five assists for the Knicks, but sat for eight minutes of the fourth quarter after picking up his fifth foul. Quickley made sure that didn’t matter, hitting four 3-pointers in the period.
Russell Westbrook had 31 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, with 18 points in a sensational third quarter that allowed the Lakers to tie the game. But with James not in the arena, Anthony Davis struggling through an illness and Carmelo Anthony’s shot off in his old home, the Lakers never could take the lead.
Davis, who woke up with a fever, had 20 points on 7-for-17 shooting. Anthony was just 3 of 14 for 12 points, and the Lakers lost for the fourth time in five games.
■ Heat 100, Pistons 92: At Detroit, Tyler Herro had 31 points and eight rebounds for Miami, which outscored Detroit 27-6 in the first 8:17 of the fourth quarter to turn a nine-point deficit into a 12-point lead.
Jerami Grant had 21 points and seven rebounds for Detroit.
■ Trail Blazers 119, Nuggets 100: At Portland, Ore., CJ Mccollum scored 32 points and Damian Lillard had 25 points and five assists to help Portland to its fourth consecutive win and ninth in a row at home. Jeff Green led Denver with 24 points.