Fans stood and roared with excitement during the third quarter Friday like they just saw LeBron James jam the ball through the basket with rim-shaking force, or Anthony Davis reject a Phoenix Suns dunk attempt.
Neither actually happened.
The multitaskers in the building just watched Freddie Freeman’s perfect left-handed swing send a baseball over the Dodger Stadium wall, the World Series Game 1 walk-off getting Crypto.com Arena as loud as it had been all night.
Then, it was the Lakers’ turn to ignite that excitement.
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Like he did in the season opener, Davis played like the best player on the court, the fans chanting “M-V-P” for him in the fourth quarter like he just took the New York Yankees’ Nestor Cortes deep.